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...
by Abigail Nobel | Jun 23, 2022 | 2 yellow conversation on bills
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...
