Supports the maskless mandate & led the crusade to strip Gov. Whitmer of her emergency powers so his bottom line can increase...now he supports stripping ACA & preventive HC coverage from Michiganders during a pandemic!
How do the people of MI really matter to Mike Shirkey?
He's all good with ripping HC away from his voters...oh yeah...Vote to pass a bill that limits the power of the governor to proclaim a state of emergency...Did he limit Snyder when Flint water was poisoned?
Shirkey was rated 0% by the Clean Water Action Michigan..
Sheesh! He doesn't really support labor unions!
Don't take my word for it my Michigan friends...
See Shirkey's ratings & endorsements for yourselves...NRA loves him..
Interesting...he failed the 2018 Political Courage Test.🤔
What dis mean?
Firms tied to Michigan Senate GOP leader Mike Shirkey, candidate John James got loans; each received between $1 million and $2 million from a federal rescue program that was created to preserve jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.
The discussion was in reference to a House Bill introduced by Rep. John Chirkun, D- Roseville, which would task the Michigan Attorney General (AG) with investigating, and issuing, a report on insulin pricing practices and policy recommendations for preventing overpricing.
That legislation was referred to the House Government Operations Committee.
Senator Mike Shirkey, R- Clarklake, was chairman of the Senate Health Policy Committee from 2015-18, and is currently the Senate majority leader, the highest ranking position in the Michigan Senate.
He is currently the chairman of the Government Operations Committee, where Chirkun’s Bill was sent to die.
According to Donor Tracking, these groups were among all top disclosed donors to Shirkey, and connected committees from 2011-present:
One of the reasons Cambensy and Prusi expressed frustration over the limited action the state can take when it comes to prescription drug prices, insulin supply chains, and distribution of money, involves campaign contributions paid to keep American consumers in the dark.
The list of donors who line his pockets:
Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Health PAC, $41,450
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, $35,000
• William Deary, Great Lakes Home Health & Hospice, $25,000
Top donors to Compete Michigan for 2019-2020:
• Blue Cross Blue Shield PAC, $5,000
• Michigan Health and Hospital Association, Health PAC, $2,500
• Michigan Doctors PAC, $2,500
Top donors to Compete Michigan 2 for 2019-2020:
Molina Healthcare, $3,000
Michigan Association of Nurse Anesthetists, $2,500
Blue Cross Blue Shield, $2,500
Michigan Emergency Doctors PAC, $2,500
Top donors to Committee to Elect Mike Shirkey for 2019-2020
• Compete Michigan PAC (refund), $44,466
• Eli Lilly PAC, $2,000
• Michigan Assisted Living Association, $1,000
Top donors to Committee to Elect Mike Shirkey for 2017-2018
Compete Michigan, Mike Shirkey, $20,000
• Michigan Association of Chiropractors, $5,000
• Altria Group (parent company of Phillip Morris Tobacco), $3,500
Top donors to Compete Michigan for 2017-2018
• Jon Cotton, Meridian Health, $25,000
Top donors to Grand Lake Administrative Account for 2017-1018
• United Health Group, $3,000
• McLaren Health Advantage, $2,500
• Altor Inc. $2,500
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, $2,000
• Delta Dental, $1,000
& More!
Shirkey has received more contributions over the last eight years from health plan donors than any individual lawmaker at $76,250, states a 2018 Michigan Campaign Finance Network. Shirkey’s total includes a $25,000 contribution to his leadership PAC, Compete Michigan
Unlock Michigan being investigated by state AG for signature collections to recall governor's emergency powers
Reports from the Detroit Free Press indicate the group may have engaged in dubious tactics for acquiring signatures.
Mike served on the Columbia Central School Board in the 1980s and '90s. Shirkey also is the past board chair of Allegiance Health System and is a current board member.
If you end up in ICU...costs incurred are as high as $100,000.
If you get the Rona & are unvaccinated...Come October 1st...your insurance carrier will not fully cover all costs associated with your freedom to not get vaccinated.😷💉
Get ready to pay!
Michigan Major insurance companies to start charging co-pays & deductibles to those diagnosed with COVID-19
With vaccines being accessible & free, insurance companies are telling patients it’s time to start paying for COVID-19 treatments & hospital stays
Nursing homes are increasingly seeking to shield themselves from a raft of wrongful death lawsuits from the families of Covid-19 victims by invoking new liability protections they received from Trump Admin.
About 200 lawsuits in nearly half the states have already been filed, and the industry says it’s bracing for many more in the coming months given the virus’ outsize toll on residents and staff.
But an emergency preparedness law expanded by Congress last year limiting health providers’ exposure to coronavirus-related lawsuits — and the Trump administration’s broad interpretation of those protections — are upending litigation against nursing homes.
Republican elected officials and political operators are simultaneously enabling his dangerous corruption and lining his pockets. The latest example of this took place last weekend as the Save America Summit hosted at Trump National Doral.
Women for America First, the dark money group that hosted the summit, was also behind Trump’s January 6th rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol.
The group named Senator Rand Paul, Representatives Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Louie Gohmert,Kat Cammack, Byron Donalds & Beth Van Duyne, all of whom spread Trump’s “big lie” of a stolen election & voted against his impeachment & conviction, as special guests of the event
Hundreds of major companies and corporate leaders signed a statement released Wednesday that opposes laws that restrict voting rights, the latest step in an escalating battle over election laws being debated nationwide.
The letter included support from recognizable corporate names such as Target, Netflix, Bank of America, Facebook, Cisco, Twitter, Microsoft, Starbucks, Amazon, Mastercard, American Airlines, United Airlines and Vanguard,
as well as prominent people such as investor Warren Buffett, law firms and nonprofit organizations.