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Senators, Experts and Advocates Push to Rein in Skyrocketing Drug Costs, Keep Life-Saving Medicine AffordableÂ
Senate Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection hears array of positive testimony on bills to create Prescription Drug Affordability Board  LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 20,...
Michigan Prescription Drug Affordability Board Will Rein in Rising Costs of Life-Saving Drugs
Senate legislation will hold Big Pharma accountable with creation of new board  LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 12, 2023) — Today, a group of Michigan Senators introduced a bill package to create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board in Michigan (PDAB) — an independent body...
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Friends and Neighbors,  On the 22nd anniversary of September 11, 2001, I reflect with many of you on the lives stolen, injured and upended that day. Today, we also honor the public servants and private citizens who put their duty and compassion before their safety....
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20% of Michigan K-5th graders don’t get daily recommended recess time. Since it isn’t considered instruction time, recess is often dropped, under-resourced, or a missed opportunity for valuable learning through child-directed play. That’s why I’m excited to have introduced bipartisan legislation with Sen. Joseph Bellino (R-Monroe) to get recess to count as instruction time when it meets common sense, specified criteria. Let’s get this done for all the mental, emotional, and physical good it will bring Michigan youth too often deprived of it.
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đź‘Ť Social time is irreplaceable, and makes for a better, second half of the day!
I love this! Being an educator and a parent of a child with special needs it is frustrating when collecting data that recess isn't included yet often times it is the unstructured social times that students gain skills to work with others and solve problems.
Our bills to create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board took an important step today, being reported out of the Senate Finance, Insurance and Consumer Protection Committee after last week's hearing. Learn more about how the PDAB we’re proposing aims to lower costs on the most expensive prescriptions, protecting Michiganders' health and financial stability:
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We’ve had the pleasure of visiting with staff and young adults from the Saginaw County Youth Protection Council on several occasions this year. They provide in-shelter care, re-housing, parenting, and drug abuse prevention education to youth and young parent-headed families. Our entire community benefits from their efforts to increase self-sufficiency in at-risk children and families. ... See MoreSee Less
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