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New Munson Medical Center Initiative Aims to Eliminate Emergency Room Wait Times
On the heels of another busy summer, the new president at Munson Medical Center (MMC) is convening a “rapid improvement team” to reimagine patient flow across the hospital. The long-term goal? “Zero wait” at the MMC emergency department (ED) “It was our busiest summer ever, again,”...
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The doctor is on the road: Traverse City mobile clinic brings medicine to northern Michigan
It can be hard to get to the doctor regularly — especially for Michigan residents who don’t have health insurance or a clinic nearby. A Traverse City nonprofit has a solution: bring doctors to the patients who need them most, with a free clinic on wheels. It’s a...
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‘Medicare for All’ Message Attracts Voters Buckling Under Medical Bills
Lansing, Mich. — Christina Starks-Clay doesn’t know how “Medicare for All” would work exactly, but she’s willing to bet it’d be better than what she has now. Standing in line for U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s town hall in the state’s capital in September, she whipped out her phone to pull up a screenshot. It was of the $1,000 cashier’s check she’d picked up at the bank that day to pay down a chunk of her son’s dental bills. An early childhood special education paraprofessional, she still owed $389, even with good dental insurance. Her own cleaning a few weeks before cost $600.