Healthcare Review

 U-M researchers say declining profits and decreasing staffing may hinder hospital quality and safety
 ANN ARBOR, MI. – During past recessions, the financial stability of hospitals seemed to be nearly indestructible. But researchers at the University of Michigan Health System and St. Joseph Mercy Health System say the current national economic crisis may be an exception.
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 By Kate Bleasdale
 The “what” and “when” are perfectly clear.  The healthcare bill signed by the President on March 23rd is expected to be fully realized by 2014 and to extend healthcare coverage to as many as 32 million people who had previously been uninsured.  But the “how” is something we are only beginning to explore, [...]

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 Noting the Obama administration’s new health law falls short of providing affordable care to all U.S. residents, the national convention of the League of Women Voters passed a resolution Monday calling on the group’s board to “advocate strongly” for “an improved Medicare for all.”
The convention’s 600 delegates, meeting in Atlanta on the group’s 90th anniversary, [...]

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