Healthcare Lessons from Nepal

January 26th, 2012 · 1 Comment

Michigan doctor who’s improving public health in Nepal has some advice for the U.S. as well.

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Unhealthy Political Complications

September 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment

GOP struggles most trying to balance health policy issues of cost, government and care.

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Headache Over Health Reforms

September 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Gov Snyder’s new health initiatives expose substantial policy rifts with Republican legislators.

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A Chronic Public Health Disaster

March 19th, 2011 · 7 Comments

Studies show a direct link between childhood trauma and serious, costly adult illnesses.

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Clearing the Air

March 16th, 2010 · 11 Comments

Clearing the Air How the Smoking Ban Was Won by Peter Ruddell and Emily Gerkin Palsrok March 16, 2010 Chapters 1 & 2 | Chapters 3 & 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapters 6, 7 & 8 Chapter 1: The Campaign for Smokefree Air April 2005 With less than 24 hours to go before launching [...]

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Clearing the Air: Chapters 3 & 4

March 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Clearing the Air Chapters 1 & 2 | Chapters 3 & 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapters 6, 7 & 8 Chapter 3: The 2006 Elections A monumental event in the fight for smokefree air occurred prior to the 2006 elections, when U. S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona issued his landmark report The Health [...]

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Clearing the Air: Chapters 6, 7 & 8

March 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Clearing the Air Chapters 1 & 2 | Chapters 3 & 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapters 6, 7 & 8 Chapter 6: Headed to Conference We were given the choice by House leadership to either ping-pong HB 4163 back and forth between the Senate and House in hopes of achieving concurrence, or to send [...]

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Clearing the Air: Chapter 5

March 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Clearing the Air Chapters 1 & 2 | Chapters 3 & 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapters 6, 7 & 8 Chapter 5: Gamechanger With the fight now in the Republican-controlled Senate, we needed new angles to exploit. Our previous polling consistently demonstrated this was not a partisan issue, with identical support from Republican and [...]

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Compromise Health Insurance Reform Plan Nears Introduction

March 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Compromise Health Insurance Reform Plan Nears Introduction Legislation rises out of flames of 2007-08 standoff over Blues’ proposal by John Foren March 16, 2010 While health care reform remains on life support in Washington, key Michigan lawmakers are preparing to introduce a sweeping new health insurance package, perhaps before the end of March. The legislation [...]

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Smokefree Sausage

March 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Smokefree Sausage by T. Scott March 16, 2010 Throw barbs at this Michigan Legislature if you will (and must, because it’s usually justified), but don’t overlook the fact that last December it did produce one of its most important pieces of work in many years. Whether it was luck (give an infinite number of lawmakers…), [...]

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