Health care and opioid crisis from an emergency physician
A West Michigan emergency physician reflects on a 20 year career, detailing patient suffering from pain and the rise of opioid prescriptions. He cites Purdue Pharma marketing, soaring OxyContin sales, legal action, and the ongoing crisis despite declines after 2013, highlighting insurance barriers and access to care.
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West Michigan
Holland
Muskegon
Zeeland
Fremont
Purdue Pharma
Joint Commission
Public policy call to fund addiction treatment in opioid crisis
Dr Rob Davidson runs as Democrat Sord Prowse 8 Second urging universal health care and long term public investment to curb opioid deaths and addiction. He cites 2015 Michigan deaths and US tolls, criticizing half measures while Congress acts in an election year.
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Michigan
U.S
Congress
United States
Rob Davidson
Helsinki exposesTrump's loyalty to Russia and danger to U S
George Will discusses the Helsinki summit and President Trump’s stance toward U S intelligence agencies and Russia. The column critiques Trump’s alignment with Putin, questions loyalty of defense and intelligence leaders, and warns of ongoing risks to American democracy. Will labels Trump as embarrassingly solicitous of strongmen and cites GOP critics like Graham Flake and others.
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Aerica
KGB
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Henry Jackson
Hubert Humphrey
Ronald Reagan
United Nations
Dallas
America
Helsinki
Vladimir Putin
San Francisco
Kirkpatrick
Trump
U.S
Senate Intelligence Committee
Putin
Russia
Lindsey O. Graham
S.C
Arizona
Jeff Flake
United States
Jim Mattis
White House
John F. Kelly
National Intelligence
Daniel Coats
Oval
Edgar Allan Poe
Robert S. Mueller
Ukraine
Letter endorsing David Benac for Michigan's Sixth District
A reader endorses David Benac a native Michigan progressive Democrat for the Sixth District Congressional seat praising his honesty ethics and love of democracy. The letter argues Benac understands veterans job challenges and has developed policy plans through district conversations calling for health care education Social Security and equal rights.
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David Benac
Michigan
David
District 6
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