Articles tagged:health care

Posted: Mon May 21 12:44 p.m. by The Associated Press
Michigan Catholics sue over birth control mandate

The Michigan Catholic Conference is suing Obama administration officials over the mandate requiring most employers to cover birth control.

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Posted: Tue Mar 27 7:20 a.m. by The Associated Press
Supreme Court weighs making health coverage a fact of life

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Posted: Tue Mar 13 3:37 p.m. by The Associated Press

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Posted: Thu Feb 23 5:58 a.m. by Nathan Bomey Business news director
Ciena Healthcare completes Ann Arbor facility's $5M renovation as fraud settlement period ends

Senior care services provider Ciena Healthcare this month reopened its Ann Arbor skilled nursing center after a $5 million expansion project. The Regency at Bluffs Park, which had been closed since fall 2008, reopened with a second floor and a new wing attached to its eastern side.

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Posted: Tue Feb 21 2 p.m. by Julie Baker News producer
Ave Maria University suing over federal health care contraception rule

Ave Maria University, a Florida-based Catholic institution founded by Domino's Pizza creator Tom Monaghan, is suing over President Barack Obama's law that requires contraception coverage in employers' health care plans, Fort Myers television station NBC2 reported.

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Posted: Fri Feb 3 10:39 p.m. by Janet Miller Freelance reporter
2 U-M School of Nursing health clinics close amid merger with Packard Health

Two long-time University of Michigan School of Nursing health care clinics closed their doors Friday, moving the medical services they have offered to non-profit, community based Packard Health Inc. Friday was the last day North Campus Family Practice, 2364 Bishop St., and Community Family Practice, 1230 N. Maple Road, were ...

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Posted: Thu Nov 17 7 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

The nation's health care focus must shift from illness to wellness as it sets new expectations for the insurance industry, ex-U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle told an audience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Tuesday.

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Posted: Fri Sep 23 7:04 p.m. by Wayne Baker Community Contributor
America's economic crisis: Health care and the food gap

Nations around the world with universal health care. Orange countries have some form of universal health care. Yellow countries are in the process of extending universal coverage. Shown in brown are Iraq and Afghanistan where the U.S. is supplementing the health care system. Gray countries have no universal health care. ...

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Posted: Thu Aug 4 11:53 a.m. by Wayne Baker Community Contributor
Opening a conversation about the best ways to help can improve caregiver-patient relationships

Editor's note: This post is part of a series from Our Values about core American Values. Dr. Wayne Baker is away this week and has invited Our Values guest columnist Heather Jose to discuss caregiving in America. Heather a writer and speaker on improving patient experiences. She also is a ...

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Posted: Tue Aug 2 11:58 a.m. by Wayne Baker Community Contributor

There is a caregiver living in one out of every three American households. Are you one of those caregivers? Join our conversation this week with Heather Jose discusses improving caregiver and patient experiences. Editor's note: This post is part of a series from Our Values about core American Values. Dr. ...

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Posted: Sun Jul 10 6 a.m. by Tony Dearing AnnArbor.com

If 2011 is supposed to be the year of shared sacrifice in Lansing, it’s time for the Legislature to do its share. Lawmakers should give up the cushy lifetime health-care benefits they can receive after serving just six years in office. And not just some members of the Legislature should ...

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Posted: Sat May 21 1 p.m. by Letters to the Editor

I read Nathan Bomey’s article in AnnArbor.com covering the speech given by (former) Gov. Mitt Romney in the Danto auditorium at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center on May 12. I entered the room, as did many, with the thought that Romney should completely disavow RomneyCare as well as discredit ...

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Posted: Thu Mar 17 5:59 a.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
Washtenaw County government will be 'smaller' next year, commissioners say

Washtenaw County commissioners agree the county should strive to provide residents with the maximum amount of services possible as revenues dwindle. But from an overhead standpoint, county government almost certainly is going to become smaller. "The reality is we have to be smaller next year," said county board Chairman Conan ...

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Posted: Sun Jan 16 7:15 a.m. by Guest Column
End-of-life planning eases difficult transition for patients and families

On behalf of the thousands of patients, their families and community members that Arbor Hospice serves each year in southeast Michigan, I must respond to recent news of President Obama’s administration reversing the decision to include voluntary advance care planning consultations as part of a Medicare beneficiaries’ annual wellness exam. ...

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Posted: Thu Oct 28 2:38 p.m. by Letters to the Editor

Fellow seniors, we have one chance to stop extensive rationing of health care for senior citizens. Do not vote any Democrats back in office. Then the Obamacare health bill can be repealed and replaced with common sense patient-centered reforms.

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