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THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE
August 4-10, 2010
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Native Detroiter offers unique point of view on issues of concern to all Americans
WDET has announced the
addition of “The Michael Eric Dyson Radio Show” to its weekday lineup.
This daily, one-hour pro-
gram is hosted by award-win- ning author, scholar and social commentator Dr. Michael Eric Dyson.
A Detroit native, Dyson is
JAMES D. FORSHEE, MD, MBA (left), chief medical officer of Molina Healthcare of Michigan; Karen Ignagni, president of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP); and Congresswoman Diane Watson from California’s 33rd District.
Molina Healthcare of Michigan sets the standard nationwide in serving diverse populations
Molina Healthcare of Michi-
gan was among three health plans chosen to speak at a recent congressional brief- ing in Washington, D.C. about best practices for improving health care equity among di- verse populations. Topics dis- cussed at the briefing included increasing adherence to dis- ease management programs, identifying barriers to care and effective interventions for at-risk babies and reducing vaccine-preventable disease through increased childhood immunizations.
At the congressional brief-
ing, James D. Forshee MD, MBA, chief medical officer for Molina Healthcare of Michigan, presented “Shots for Short-
Dr. Jason Johnson The consequences of the BP
Oil spill will likely not be fully known for years and by then most of the men and women who are responsible for this disaseter will either be out of office, in new jobs or retired.
However that shouldn’t stop
us from paying attention to some of the newest and most disturbing aspects of the spill. Would it shock you to know that BP Oil is using modern slavery to clean up the Gulf, and better and the American taxpayer is paying for it?
of
O n e the
m o s t d i s - turbing (things a b out ) the BP oil spill h a s been the mu t l i - headed impact i t ’ s had on
the local economy. Let’s not forget that metro New Olreans and the Gulf region lost over 200,000 residents in the year after Hurricane Katrina and that loss of customers and employees has left the region struggling to find a new iden- tity.
The spill has essentially
ended summer tourism and fishing in the region, putting thousands of seasonal em- ployees out of work. In fact, one of the the only companies in position to hire anyone is actually BP.
Every other day you see
a new spate of commercials from BP with earnest looking hardhats claiming that they’re working (diligently) to clean up the mess and how nobody could be any sorrier than BP that this all happened. You would think that someone is getting work out this disaster, but you’d be shocked as to who’s working most.
A recent article by Abe
Louise Young in the Nation magazine points out that BP is engaging in the most de- spicable of Shell games (pun intended) in the coast region. Rather than hiring local citi- zens for clean-up duty, or just deploying more of their own staff British Petroleum has been using prison labor to clean up some of the most dangerous and toxic regions of the gulf.
The problem with (this)
is multi-layered. First, pris- oners don’t have any rights, they can’t complain about in- haling fumes from oil slicked and dispersant chemicals for 12 hours a day, or report any abuses on the part of their em- ployers due to BP’s notorious “gag order.” Further, if they refuse the work they can lose “time off for good behavior” on their sentencing.
But the problem is even
worse when you look at the benefits for BP and the impact on the American taxpayer. Hiring prison labor means that BP, the fourth largest cor- poration in the world, can pay as little as 10 cents an hour
PAID FOR BY ADVANCE MICHIGAN NOW. NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDIDATE’S COMMITTEE.
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Detroit needs friends in Lansing, and in
ies,” the award-winning inter- vention program that address- es the significant disparity in childhood immunization rates which exists for African-Ameri- can children in Michigan. The program includes member and provider focus groups, part- nership with Michigan Depart- ment of Community Health, outreach and member incen- tives. Since the program’s inception, all goals have been achieved and the disparity gap in the immunization rates for African-American
children
has been almost completely erased. “Shots for Shorties” also received the Recognizing Innovation in Multicultural Health Care award by the Na- tional Committee for Quality
Assurance (NCQA). “It was an honor to be rec-
ognized and chosen as a health plan which demonstrates best practices in cultural and lin- guistically appropriate ser- vices to our members,” said Dr. Forshee. “Our ‘Shots for Shorties’ program has really helped us promote preven- tive care to the underserved in Michigan and we hope our experience and research can be found helpful in reaching out to other communities all across the nation.”
More information about
Molina Healthcare, Inc. and Molina Healthcare of Michigan can be obtained at
www.moli-
nahealthcare.com.
BP uses prison labor and tax breaks
rather than paying locals real wages. Worse, due to Bush era tax laws, companies who hire “at-risk employees” like pris- oners or welfare recipients re- ceive tax breaks up to $2,500 per hire or up to 40% of the wages paid.
BP Oil does it again! De- stroying a region with irre-
sponsible drilling, cleaning it up by supporting the racist and classist prison industrial complex and then getting tax breaks and healthcare to cover it all up provided by the U.S. taxpayer.
BP Oil needs to clean up
their own mess and not get tax breaks to do it.
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM MAYOR DENNIS ARCHER
a major American thinker on how media, race, politics and the arts intersect and collide. He has appeared on numerous television programs over the years, candidly expressing his views, never holding back be- cause his opinions may have been controversial.
“The Michael Eric Dyson
Show” presents a smart, fun and unconventional analysis of issues and culture. It debuts
on 101.9 FM, WDET Mond a y , Aug. 2, at 1 p.m.
“Mi -
chael Eric Dyson is the latest addi t ion to WDET’s line-up of bri l l iant, iconoclas- tic hosts,” said
tJ.
Michael Eric Dyson — Matt Carr photo
Mikel Ell- c e s s o r , W D E T ’ s g e n e r a l
manager. “His daily presence on De-
troit’s airwaves will give the
city yet another reason to sit up and engage with WDET and local media in general. Detroi- ters want to be heard and they have something to say.
“Dyson is much more than
another talk show host. He’s a partner who is helping WDET and Detroit take our story to the world.”
Michael Eric Dyson joins
a weekday lineup on WDET that includes “The Craig Fahle Show” and award-winning national programs hosted by Micel Martin, Terri Gross, John Schaefer and Krista Tip- pett.
“The Michael Eric Dyson
Radio Show” is funded by the Corporation for Public Broad- casting.
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Andy Dillon, we have one.
P P P P
As the Democratic Speaker of the House, Dillon has worked closely with legislators to create more opportunity for Detroit – and our region.
Dillon crafted a new budget that protects state aid to schools in Detroit and across the state.
He passed a bill supporting a new bridge to Canada, which would mean ten thousand construction jobs.
Dillon is taking on the insurance companies to stop them from using credit scores to set insurance rates.
Please join me in urging Andy Dillon to keep fighting for the families of Detroit – and all of Michigan.
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