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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 ...
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.
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. ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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.