by Abigail Nobel | Oct 9, 2025 | 2 yellow conversation on bills
I’m pleased to present the fifth and final 2025 nominee for the MHF Defender Award! Rep. Jamie Thompson is back in the line-up after being nominated for our first award last year. By no coincidence, she is a nurse, and speaks here to fundamental issues of an area of...
by Abigail Nobel | Oct 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
The hotly-contested Michigan budget, as it stands, appears to eliminate Implicit Bias Training (IBT). IBT, you may recall, is one way Michigan imposes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In doing so, Lansing insults Michigan’s healthcare workforce ethics,...
by Abigail Nobel | Sep 24, 2025 | 2 yellow conversation on bills
Nominee number four identifies the toll our healthcare system takes on nurse practitioners (NPs). Earlier this year, I explained how NPs may be the key to more accessible prescribing, and who wants to stop them. As Senator Irwin describes, the legal burden on NPs is...
by Abigail Nobel | Sep 17, 2025 | 2 yellow conversation on bills
The third nominee for this year’s MHF Defender Award is Senator Michael Webber. While the first and second nominations addressed licensing barriers to healthcare freedom, this time the issue is health insurance. Nominee Testimony Don’t let his pleasant,...
by Abigail Nobel | Sep 3, 2025 | 3 green health policy principles
How close is too close for family members who lobby and legislate? The Allegan News kicked off more research with an editorial on Lansing power couples. It seems state government has problems even more deeply entrenched than DEI. MDHHS: biggest bureaucracy / lobby...
