A repeal of the Affordable Care Act would not be a good thing for Michigan's hospitals.

Michigan Health and Hospital Association senior vice president Laura Appel says the ACA needs improvement but repealing it would have negative consequences.

The number of people coming to the hospital without insurance has decreased by 50 percent and the rate of uncompensated care has gone down under the ACA.

Nearly one million Michigan residents are covered under the ACA or the Healthy Michigan program.