Posts tagged house of representatives

• Patient Safety and the Doctor Shortage – Is Help on the Way?

  David Mittleman | May 25, 2012 3:35 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The image of the local doctor ambling up to your door, black bag in hand, is slowly fading from memory. But rapid advances in online technology and the proliferation of high-speed connectivity...

• Lansing Must Protect The People From Auto Accident Insurers

  David Mittleman | September 23, 2011 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Our Legislature is under enormous pressure from the very powerful auto accident insurance lobby to scale back medical benefits available to injured car crash victims. These huge corporations have...

• Anti-Bullying Law Clears Michigan Senate Committee

  David Mittleman | May 04, 2011 8:57 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  By a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the Judiciary Committee of the Michigan Senate passed a bill that would require all public schools in the state to implement anti-bullying policies. Although this...

• Bernero: Rein in Cox, Stop Spending Tax Money on Health Reform Lawsuit

  David Mittleman | April 29, 2010 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Lansing mayor Virg Bernero has urged Michigan House of Representatives Speaker Andy Dillon to help save taxpayer dollars by investigating Attorney General Mike Cox's lawsuit to block the new health...

• It’s Time To Get Involved In Michigan’s Auto Insurance Showdown

  David Mittleman | December 12, 2009 1:40 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Earlier this month I wrote about potential changes to auto insurance laws in Michigan. These laws will help level the playing field and protect consumers from profit-hungry corporations. But in...

• Proposed Legislation Would Protect Consumers, Hold Insurance Companies Accountable

  David Mittleman | December 02, 2009 4:42 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Earlier this week, Democrats in the Michigan House of Representatives introduced a package of bills that would strengthen consumer protection and prevent auto insurance companies from engaging in...

• 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...

• Senator Cropsey Helps Block Bill Aimed at Ending “Horrible” Drug Industry Immunity

  David Mittleman | June 03, 2009 1:12 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Michigan’s drug industry immunity law has been the focus of much criticism in this space and elsewhere in the media. Under Michigan law, drug manufacturers cannot be sued in Michigan for...

• Insurance Industry Offers to End Higher Premiums for Women

  David Mittleman | May 08, 2009 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As the House and Senate take aim at the health insurance industry, a large trade group offered to end the long-running practice of charging women higher premiums than men for the same coverage. The...

• Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Greet “A New Dawn for Justice” at MAJ Convention

  David Mittleman | April 16, 2009 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Michigan Association for Justice has announced that Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will be the keynote speaker at its annual Convention, held on May 9 in Dearborn. The theme for the 64th...