by Abigail Nobel | Oct 19, 2023 | 2 yellow conversation on bills
Recent Michigan bill hearings on Physical and Occupational Therapy licensing compacts further advance globalization of healthcare. In addition, a Physician Assistant compact bill is reportedly back in the legislature. Centralized control of professional licensing...
by Abigail Nobel | Oct 12, 2023 | 2 yellow conversation on bills
The State of Michigan’s propensity to control everything is coming back to haunt mental health care, leading to surprising voices for healthcare freedom. Chronic State Meddling in Mental Health Market Michigan’s community mental health services programs, run by MDHHS,...
by Abigail Nobel | Aug 17, 2023 | 2 yellow conversation on bills
Reviewing Governor Whitmer’s new MDHHS budget, we can see what she values. This is equally true of legislators who voted for it. What’s in the MDHHS Budget? Yesterday, MDHHS highlighted the budget’s mental health spending in a press release, “MDHHS Director Elizabeth...
by Abigail Nobel | Jun 7, 2023 | 2 yellow conversation on bills
As states clean up Medicaid rolls, a tax break for health sharing could benefit residents and focus the troubled program on its mission. Medicaid “churn” is back Since the federal government removed COVID restrictions, state Medicaid is once again required to prove...
by Abigail Nobel | Jun 1, 2023 | 2 yellow conversation on bills
When I took a Gift of Life class back in the 1990s, the principles seemed sound. I displayed the pin with those from Nurses Christian Fellowship and Right to Life. Twenty years later, Michigan passed the bill for free-standing organ procurement center. I felt uneasy...
by Abigail Nobel | Feb 23, 2023 | 2 yellow conversation on bills
Today, Michigan is recovering from an ice storm. Health policy committees are canceled, so we have a minute to think about how Lansing “iced” us with inflation and subsidies last term. State legislators helped land us here – and they can help get us out. Inflation...
