On 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 nurses have been calling for change within practice, detailing the workloads and the overtime needed ...
I’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 sodium content in foods. All the organizations seem to agree that Americans consume too much ...
U.S. Congressmen John Dingell and Mark Schauer spoke to Washtenaw County residents during a community forum at the Ann Arbor Community Center Saturday morning.
An 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 Center, 512 Washington St., starting at 2:30 p.m. The event is free and open to ...
Here'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 want insurance but still can't afford it and what kind of coverage folks will be ...
Mark 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 includes western Washtenaw County, was among those who received a threat. Republicans joined in the ...
Just 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 Arbor, the Thomas More Law Center, a Christian legal advocacy group, filed its own lawsuit ...
There 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 finally passed. For months, a national debate on the best way to overhaul the U.S. ...
Want 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 an event, "Health care reform at the state vs. national level: Tradeoffs and tipping points," ...
A 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 system. The legislation promises to provide health care coverage for 32 million Americans who currently ...
WASHINGTON — 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 of succeeding where numerous past congresses and administrations have failed, jubilant House Democrats voted 219-212 ...
I 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 increase has been greater than my annual pay raises. As a result, my current take-home ...
You 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 bill that would have: Banned discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions. Required employers to offer ...
The 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 what? (I know you do) Ain’t gonna happen. But, we can talk about reforming our ...
When a government panel released new guidelines increasing the recommended age for mammography screening earlier this month, it highlighted the volatile topic in the world of health care reform: health care rationing, the Detroit Free Press reported over the weekend.
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