I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter was evidently in support of provisions he has since labeled “death panels” before he was against them.
The Republican from Livonia has been a vocal critic of a provision in the health care reform bill currently being debated on Capitol Hill because he has claimed it will lead to mandated euthanasia.
McCotter has refined his attacks on the provision, telling ABC News on Aug. 10:
“You see when discussion about whether or not the continuation of one’s life has a nexus with the U.S. treasury saving money, that’s a very dangerous recipe for those who can often time be the most vulnerable amongst us.”
Now, Time magazine’s Amy Sullivan has discovered that McCotter voted for the following language in the 2003 in the Medicaid prescription coverage legislation which reads as follows:
“The covered services are: evaluating the beneficiary’s need for pain and symptom management, including the individual’s need for hospice care; counseling the beneficiary with respect to end-of-life issues and care options, and advising the beneficiary regarding advanced care planning.”
The only difference between the aforementioned language and that which is included in the current legislation under debate is that the current plan would extend that option of a discussion to everyone.
Joining McCotter in the 2003 vote? Fellow Republican lawmakers including U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio. Boehner and Grassley have also been touting the “pull the plug on grandma” myth, which has been discredited by all credible sources.
Thursday, U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer, a Battle Creek Democrat, chastised McCotter and others who were using “fear” to cloud the debate on health care.
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