Michigan’s nonprofit hospitals last year provided nearly $2.6 billion in community benefits, the Michigan Health and Hospital Association reported yesterday. That includes more than $2.1 billion in unreimbursed medical care. Other community benefits include losses on health professions education and research; free clinics, health screenings and immunizations; health education and outreach programs; and family support services. “When Michigan residents are injured or sick, they turn to nonprofit community hospitals − day and night, day in and day out − for quality medical care,” said MHA President Spencer Johnson. “This report demonstrates how nonprofit hospitals go above and beyond their mission to deliver essential health care services.”