Blog tagged as Health Care

Root Canals, Crowns Now Covered By Medicaid

04/05/23 10:11 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Root Canals, Crowns Now Covered By Medicaid
Adult Medicaid recipients 21 and over will now be able to get root canals, crowns, gum care and deep teeth cleanings, under expanded dental coverage budgeted at $85.1 million, which was announced Monday

Rural Hospitals Need Federal Aid To Stay Afloat

09/23/22 09:45 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Rural Hospitals Need Federal Aid To Stay Afloat
A bill to allow financially struggling hospitals to apply for a new designation as a “rural emergency hospital” and receive federal relief heard testimony before the House Health Policy Committee on Thursday.

Gov: We're Not Extraditing Anyone Over Out-Of-State Abortion Laws

07/14/22 10:23 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Gov: We're Not Extraditing Anyone Over Out-Of-State Abortion Laws
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 07/13/2022) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined other Democratic governors Wednesday when she signed an executive order that ensures protection for people traveling to Michigan to obtain an abortion, as well as for the Michigan providers who help them.

Reproductive Freedom For All Has Chance To Shatter Ballot Effort Records In MI History

07/11/22 12:40 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Reproductive Freedom For All Has Chance To Shatter Ballot Effort Records In MI History
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 07/08/2022) Near a Grand Rapids brewery in late June, a group of Reproductive Freedom For All circulators experienced their very-own "Fyre Festival" – as their anticipated 75 visiting signers evolved into a swarm of 1,200.

Some Abortion Providers Concerned 1931 Ban Is 'Very Unclear' If Revoked

06/28/22 09:44 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Some Abortion Providers Concerned 1931 Ban Is 'Very Unclear' If Revoked
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 06/27/2022) As Michigan's 1931 abortion ban lingers in a temporary hold, some members of the OB-GYN community warn that it's exemption to preserve the life of a mother "is actually very unclear."