Articles tagged: health care reform
U-M to host panel of Massachusetts experts giving health care reform advice to Michigan businesses
Posted: Feb 10, 2013Editor's note: This story was updated at 9:30 a.m. Monday with a link to the live webcast. Business leaders from Massachusetts will offer lessons they’ve learned from the implementation of health care reforms to Michigan ... Read more »
OPINION: Advance practice nurses are a safety net and need to be part of health care reform
Posted: Mar 24, 2012On Wednesday, March 14, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet with Senator (Rebekah) Warren in Lansing and discuss health care issues from the experience of a nurse practitioner. Many in nursing, especially the staff ... Read more »
Should the FDA regulate our sodium intake?
Posted: Apr 24, 2010I’ve been seeing a lot of stories in the news lately about the report the Institute of Medicine released last Wednesday officially stating that Americans eat too much salt and urging the FDA to regulate ... Read more »
Slideshow: John Dingell, Mark Schauer thanked for support of health care reform at Ann Arbor event
Posted: Apr 10, 2010U.S. Congressmen John Dingell and Mark Schauer spoke to Washtenaw County residents during a community forum at the Ann Arbor Community Center Saturday morning. Read more »
With video: Event to discuss health care law's impact on seniors to be held in Chelsea
Posted: Apr 08, 2010An event to discuss the potential impact of the recently passed health care law will be held in Chelsea by Representative Mark Schauer on Friday afternoon. It will take place at the Washington Street Education ... Read more »
Daily dose of Health News: Have questions about the health care overhaul? Plenty of places have (some of) the answers
Posted: Mar 30, 2010Here's a look at some of the top health news being talked about around the U.S. and the world today: • If you're wondering how the new health care law will affect you if you ... Read more »
The Associated Press: Pelosi condemns threats over health-care vote; Mark Schauer among recipients
Posted: Mar 25, 2010Mark SchauerWASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday condemned vandalism and threats against members of Congress who voted to overhaul the U.S. health care system. U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer, D-Mich., whose 7th Congressional District ... Read more »
The Associated Press: Attorneys general sue over health care bill; Thomas More Law Center files its own suit
Posted: Mar 23, 2010Just seven minutes after President Barack Obama signed the landmark health care overhaul into law on Tuesday, attorneys general from Michigan and 12 other states sued the federal government, claiming it is unconstitutional. In Ann ... Read more »
'Imperfect' health care reform will have mixed impact for Ann Arbor-area patients, experts say
Posted: Mar 22, 2010There was no way Ivan Harner was going to bed before knowing what happened to the massive health care package moving through Congress Sunday evening, even though it was well after 11 p.m. when it ... Read more »
Health care reform panel to speak at University of Michigan today
Posted: Mar 22, 2010Want a chance to hear about the impact the national health care legislation passed Sunday could have on you? How about understanding what's going on at the state level? The University of Michigan is hosting ... Read more »
With poll: How will the health care legislation passed by Congress affect you?
Posted: Mar 22, 2010A year-long fight in Congress over health care reform legislation finally came to a head Sunday night when the U.S. House of Representatives passed a massive reform package meant to overhaul the U.S. health care ... Read more »
The Associated Press: House passes historic health care reform legislation
Posted: Mar 22, 2010WASHINGTON — A transformative health care bill is headed to President Barack Obama for his signature as Congress takes the final steps in Democrats' improbable and history-making push for near-universal medical coverage. On the cusp ... Read more »
Without health care reform, medical expenses will overload economy
Posted: Mar 07, 2010I work for the University of Michigan and have excellent health care benefits, but even under my plan the portion paid by the employee is increasing substantially every year. For the past several years this ... Read more »
Health care bill 'isn’t perfect, but it is a giant leap forward'
Posted: Feb 27, 2010You might not have known it from the discussion at Blair House Thursday, but Republicans were for much of the Democratic heath reform package before they were against it. In 1993, Republican Senators supported a ... Read more »
New column will offer tips for do-it-yourself health-care reform
Posted: Jan 26, 2010The health care debate is making me sick. How about you? Wonder when they’re going to get around to talking about really reforming health care instead of how to shuffle the dollars? Well you know ... Read more »
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