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...
by Abigail Nobel | Feb 9, 2023 | 2 yellow conversation on bills
The Legislature has begun another term, and today I have some information about the Michigan House Health Policy Committee. Today’s 10:30 am agenda lists presentations from: School-Community Health Alliance of Michigan Michigan Public Health Institute Health...
by Abigail Nobel | Feb 2, 2023 | 2 yellow conversation on bills
Monopoly Control It’s been a busy week for Michigan insurance regulators. It’s all good if you like monopoly control. I don’t. Monopoly decreases choice where we live and work. It concentrates power at the top. It creates complacency and saps incentive to serve. Last...
by Abigail Nobel | Oct 7, 2022 | 2 yellow conversation on bills
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...
