Posts tagged health

• 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...

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

  Devon Glass | November 08, 2009 9:24 AM | 26 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...

• What's Happened to Civility and Shared Sacrifice? Romney Pledges to Repeal Obama Care

  Mark Bello | January 11, 2012 5:43 PM | 7 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I am almost 60 years old. I've lived through good times and bad, war and peace, conservative and liberal administrations. I've experienced periods of civility and compromise and periods...

• Decline in Marijuana Use Up in Smoke: Marijuana Use On the Rise Amongst U.S. Teenagers

  David Mittleman | December 15, 2009 12:10 PM | 6 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  According to a University of Michigan study for the National Institute for Drug Abuse, marijuana use trumps Vicodin, Ecstasy, alcohol and tobacco use amongst teenagers. Specifically, the researchers...

• When Greed Motivates Surgery, We All Lose Big

  David Mittleman | January 16, 2011 11:16 AM | 5 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Usually, when I hear someone has had spinal fusion surgery, I think of it as a last resort surgeons use before permanently altering their patient's body. I know first-hand that people will do just...

• Ten Easy Steps to Improve Your Health Without Dieting or Going to the Gym

  David Mittleman | June 15, 2010 1:20 PM | 4 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Does it ever seem like too much of a hassle to improve your health? Sure, going to the gym or drastically improving your diet might help, but they are hardly ever easy or fun changes. However,...

• Auto No-Fault: Meet Katie and Katlin

  Timothy Smith | January 10, 2012 5:05 PM | 3 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A moving video piece put together by the Michigan Health and Hospital Association that puts a face to the reason why we can't change Michigan's Auto No-Fault...

• Casino Magnate Steve Wynn Offers Emphatic, Misguided Advice

  David Mittleman | June 04, 2010 10:06 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Billionaire Steve Wynn claims to have all the answers. A real estate developer by trade, Wynn seems eager to offer his input about how to run the country and its judicial system. For a man who has...

• 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...

• Act Now Before HR 5 Restricts Your Constitutional Rights!

  Mark Bello | March 15, 2012 4:33 PM | 2 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Hill’s “Healthwatch” reports that the House will vote as early as next week on a measure that would repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) established under...