Senior reporter for @crainsdetroit covering health care and marijuana, sometimes economics, labor and ag. Alleged werewolf, known shenaniganizer.
Jun 25, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: Despite abortion being legal in the state due to an injunction, Michigan's largest health system BHSH System (@BeaumontHealth and @SpectrumHealth) is following the 1931 state abortion ban except for when a mother is going to die.
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Though it's unclear why the made the internal announcement since the health system only does abortions under complicated medical circumstances. But the CEO sent the memo being explicit about following the law that is not in effect.
Jun 24, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The statistics are pretty clear. While this is a win for some, it's scary for health care that now has to navigate the law and influence the laws in their state.
Studies show clearly maternal mortality rate increases when abortion access is restricted.
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For hospitals, this means finding ways to seek out women with unwanted pregnancies and ensure they are getting the care they need. This means ensuring maternity ward (where almost no money is made) capacity is prepared. This is a big shift.
May 28, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi reopened today. 100+ cars already in the parking lot at the South entrance. Shoppers need appointments but the general mall doors are open.
I'm going in. Godspeed, friends.
May 20, 2020 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
Let's talk dams. There are roughly 90,500 dams in the U.S.
The avg. age of those dams is more than 50 yrs old.
Between 1848 and 2017, the U.S averages about 10 dam failures annually. All 50 states experienced dam failures during that time. Georgia is the champ w/ 238 failures
Michigan had 41 dam failures between 1848 and 2017.
Jul 24, 2018 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
To be clear, the U.S. is going to subsidize an industry already subsidized by tax payers to protect it from a self-inflicted trade war? What's the public cost threshold before for government-controlled agriculture?
The explanation the administration will undoubtedly give is that the increased revenue for tariffs will justify $12 billion (predicted) in emergency farming aid. The problem is that most countries will only use a retaliatory tariff if they have a "close substitute."
