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Medicaid Expansion: A Prescription for a Healthy Michigan

Psst. Don’t forget. I’m over at my new Tumblr now, mostly. You can follow me here: alswrite.tumblr.com.

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“We can speak up and let the Michigan legislature know we have an expectation for a healthy Michigan by giving people access to healthcare, which is what Medicaid expansion does.”

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Read the rest of my post on Eclectablog.

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Medicaid Expansion for Dummies

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Most Michigan Republicans don’t get it: Medicaid expansion is good for Michigan’s health — and its economy. If they don’t wise up, Michigan will suffer.

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Time for the Michigan GOP to do their homework. Read my series on Eclectablog.

Part 1

Part 2

Photo credit: Andrej Troha

More recent work you’ll find at alswrite.tumblr.com

Talking TEDMED

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I had one of the most exhilarating weeks I’ve experienced in a long time as a delegate attending TEDMED 2013. Read all about it in my blog post series.

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This is what I’ve been doing lately. alswrite.tumblr.com is my new Tumblr home.

The female voice has always been opera’s chief vessel of high emotion; something powerful happens when those voices become not just the conduit but also the creative source.

The New Yorker’s Alex Ross, who authored one of these 7 indispensable books on music, emotion, and the brain, on how female composers are edging forward. (via explore-blog)

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Bad Medicine for Michigan

alswrite:

“Michigan SB 136, the ‘Religious Liberty & Conscience Protection Act,’ would give everyone involved in healthcare broad rights to make care decisions based on religious or moral views — everyone, that is, except for patients.”

Read the rest of my post on Eclectablog

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Hey, I’ve moved! Check out my new Tumblr — and one of my recent posts at Eclectablog.

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On the anniversary of her landmark 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial, we present photos of Marian Anderson and the concert that sparked the Civil Rights movement. See the photos here on LIFE.com.
(Thomas D. McAvoy—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

life:

On the anniversary of her landmark 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial, we present photos of Marian Anderson and the concert that sparked the Civil Rights movement. See the photos here on LIFE.com.

(Thomas D. McAvoy—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Audre Lorde (via alswrite)

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Brilliant photos by Bert Stern of celebrities channeling their idols that appeared in LIFE. Pictured, Audrey Hepburn as Pearl White. (© Bert Stern)
If you were dressing up as your favorite actor, who would it be?

life:

Brilliant photos by Bert Stern of celebrities channeling their idols that appeared in LIFE. Pictured, Audrey Hepburn as Pearl White. (© Bert Stern)

If you were dressing up as your favorite actor, who would it be?