Lawmakers want to crack down on how and when hospitals and debt collectors can recoup unpaid medical debt under a two-bill package The bipartisan effort wouldn’t stop debt collections all together, but, if passed, would prevent actions like foreclosure or wage garnishment It’s unclear whether the package will be taken up in the Republican-led House. […]
Health and Welfare
Posted inGuest Commentary, Health and Welfare
Innovations in asthma care can improve the health of Detroiters living with this chronic disease
Michiganders would benefit from raising their awareness of asthma, not just because asthma is common here but because our environment is changing fast.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Housing
Mayor Sheffield plans to crack down on senior housing conditions
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield announced efforts to address concerns raised by senior residents about the often “deplorable conditions” they have been living in, she said.
Posted inHealth and Welfare
Detroit extends stand-by shelters, respite sites amid extreme cold
City officials will monitor conditions and guidance from the National Weather Service and take appropriate action.
Posted inGuest Commentary, Health and Welfare
Hard-earned lessons from Detroit on how to protect the safety net for community partners in research
A WSU researcher shares the story of how a project participation stipend paid to Detroiters in HUD housing inadvertently triggered an increase in their rent.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Political and Public Policy Information
Planned Parenthood offers vasectomies in Michigan as abortion access drops
The organization is seeing rising demand for ‘permanent birth control’ in the years following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn national abortion rights.
Posted inEnvironment, Health and Welfare
EPA drops health cost calculations for air pollution: How it could harm Detroiters
The agency will no longer consider health costs and deaths prevented when reducing two major pollutants, but will account for costs to industry.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Health and Welfare
Detroiters grapple with unknowns as lead, arsenic found at demo sites
The 59 contaminated lots whose addresses the city has revealed span across Detroit and involve demolitions conducted within the past two years.
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Sheffield taps new leaders to helm Detroit’s fight against poverty
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield plans to reshuffle several city departments focused on health and human services and has tapped Luke Shaefer, a well-known Michigan poverty and social policy scholar, to take the helm.
Posted inHealth and Welfare
Michigan leaders, legislators vow to improve nursing homes after Bridge report
Two Republican candidates for governor and at least one lawmaker promise changes following a two-day Bridge series laying out neglect, abuse and short staffing in Michigan nursing homes. Another lawmaker, a Democrat, says the key is in staff pay.