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5 Things to know about ESG in Michigan Healthcare

ESG investing is hotly contested in national headlines, making me wonder how deeply it runs in Michigan health policy. What is ESG? ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance, as ideological investment strategies. It is the business and finance corollary to...

Five Reasons Health Professionals Should Care about State Health Policy

Life as a healthcare professional is based on certain ideals. Here I list five reasons professionals should care about state health policy. Professionals act with good reasons Few can be proud of a clinical decision based on "the state said so." On the contrary,...

SDOH: What you need to know

You know how government gives with one hand, but always takes with the other? Apparently Michigan public health’s three-year spectacle of incompetence failed to drive in the lesson, because instead of slinking away into oblivion, they’re doubling down. The latest buzz...

Of Castles and Healthcare Licenses

Healthcare calls for human relationship and innovation. Instead, Lansing is presents us with standardization and state control, often through healthcare licenses. Michigan bills presented in 2021-22 are likely to return in 2023. They would create new licenses for...

Individual Healthcare Rights and National Events

Your individual healthcare rights are in the cross-hairs of current events. Knowing the implications of national health policy headlines for your rights in Michigan can empower you to defend them. Call it a bird's-eye view, or a serious game of chess. Here's a quick...

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Roadmap to Raising Michigan’s Healthcare Freedom Scores: 1

The Roadmap to raising healthcare freedom scores identifies Michigan's top state health policy barriers to healthcare freedom. You can download it here, along with the MHF Report Cards for 2020 and 2022. Roadmap articles explain these issues, their significance to our...

Michigan Cues up More License Barriers to Care

Despite many commonsense reasons to stop, the Michigan legislature continues to create new healthcare license laws. Since January, 2021, legislators have advanced forty-three bills regarding health occupation licenses. Most tweak existing license laws - creating...

Implicit Bias Training: Michigan’s Immoral Tyranny of Healthcare

Healthcare professionals across Michigan fell under controversial state implicit bias training rules this week. Like hundreds of thousands of others licensed in healthcare, I received an email from the State of Michigan. Dear Licensee – The Bureau of Professional...

This Myth Supports Healthcare Tyranny

One of the strongest chains of healthcare tyranny is an insidious myth. This myth is so ingrained in American culture, we probably aren’t even aware of it. However, it’s easy to identify – and breaking free opens up a whole new field of healthcare freedom defense. An...