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Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Health Care Reform in Washtenaw County

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on July 11, 2011

Health care policy happens at many levels, but health care delivery: just one. Policy is made at the federal, state and local levels—but delivery is at the local level: in organized systems of care or with individual or teams of practitioners working with patients and families.

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His story should be history

Posted by Tomi Ogundimu on April 11, 2011

I met a young man last week who lost his job in December of 2009, and despite his best efforts, still hasn’t found another. He told me he had excellent health benefits through his previous employer, but rarely needed to use them. He described himself as a typical young and healthy patient – going in for routine cleanings at the dentist’s office and seeing a primary care physician for nothing worse than a bad cold. Given this, losing his health insurance was not at the top of his worry list when he lost his job.

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