http://michiganradio.org en http://michiganradio.org/post/michigan-lawmakers-are-considering-changes-workers-compensation-rule-firefighters <p>State lawmakers are grappling with an issue that pits Michigan’s firefighters against insurance companies.</p><p></p><p>A bill before the Senate Judiciary committee would expand workers compensation coverage to Michigan’s five thousand paid firefighters to include ten types of cancer, including respiratory tract, bladder, skin, and brain.</p><p></p><p>The change would ‘presume’ fighting fires caused the cancers and not require firefighters to prove exposure on the job is responsible.</p><p></p> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:48:01 +0000 Steve Carmody 12235 at http://michiganradio.org Michigan lawmakers are considering changes to workers' compensation rule for firefighters http://michiganradio.org/post/supporters-push-state-senate-take-bill-would-expand-autism-coverage <p>Supporters are pushing the Michigan legislature to <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/%28S%28ohkhvx55k0wr1ca2ch3hksji%29%29/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&amp;objectName=2009-HB-4183">pass a bill </a>that would expand health care coverage for autism treatment before the measure dies at the end of the lame duck session. The bills would force health insurance companies to offer coverage for behavioral therapies for autism.</p> Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:56:55 +0000 Lindsey Smith 372 at http://michiganradio.org Supporters push state senate to take up bill that would expand autism coverage