Posts tagged Health Care

• Women are second class citizens in Bart Stupak's America

  Devon Glass | November 08, 2009 9:24 AM | 25 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  History was made last night as the House of Representatives passed a health care reform bill, and now it's up to the Senate to pass one as well. The bill passed does have a public option and will...

• Insurance Companies Might Have to Play by the Same Rules As Other Industries After All

  David Mittleman | October 22, 2009 4:15 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I've been saying for months that we're not in a medical or health care crisis, we're in an INSURANCE CRISIS. It looks like the folks at Congress know what I'm talking about. Congress seems poised...

• Why Do Doctors Always Think They Are Entitled To Special Treatment?

  David Mittleman | October 02, 2009 9:59 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I recently wrote a letter to the editor of the Lansing State Journal on just this topic. The truth is, it's not just my friend and anesthesiologist Dr. Kenneth Elmassian, who takes this viewpoint -...

• Michigan Residents Play Their Part in National Push For Fair Health Care Policies

  David Mittleman | September 23, 2009 8:20 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It may have looked like a small gathering, but it was simply part of a national effort to gain attention on health care reform as debate on Senator Baucus's bill started yesterday. Michigan...

• Health Care Bills Must Maintain Focus on Reducing Injury, Not Reducing Patients' Rights

  David Mittleman | September 20, 2009 1:25 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In his speech to the joint session of Congress, President Obama hinted that he would consider approaching the issue of medical malpractice liability to show he is willing to compromise with...

• Getting down to the nuts and bolts of health care reform in Michigan

  David Mittleman | September 05, 2009 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As media coverage surrounding proposed Health Care legislation fluctuates back and forth from one highly charged emotional issue to another, many Michigan residents are left wondering, how would any...

• Tort Reform Not a Panacea for Decreasing Health Care Costs

  David Mittleman | August 22, 2009 9:37 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  So far critics have mostly focused on tearing apart health care reform by portraying it as “socialist” or as a “Nazi” agenda with a federal government “death...

• Don't Be Fooled by Phoney Town Hall Unrest on Health Care Reform

  David Mittleman | August 05, 2009 4:14 PM | 43 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Yesterday I blogged about a new tactic that a plastic surgery firm was using to entice consumers to try their facelift procedure: by having their own employees post positive internet reviews of...

• Republican's Use Private Insurance Front Group To Argue Against Health Care Reform

  Devon Glass | July 24, 2009 3:05 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Republican lawmakers are doing everything they can to stop health care reform, and one of their tactics is to site the “non-partisan” Lewin Group as a source of support against...

• Rick Scott: Health Care Reform Opponent

  Devon Glass | July 21, 2009 10:32 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Rick Scott, a name you might not have heard too commonly, if at all, is a name that everyone should be watchful of during this era of health care reform. He is much more conservative on the issue of...