Healthier meals for some low-income Michiganders are part of a “food as medicine” effort and theoretically cut overall health care costs, according to some experts.
Robin Erb
Robin Erb covers health care and aging for Bridge Michigan, focusing on a state that is aging faster than most. She has led investigations tracking opioid settlement money and health care worker shortages, and previously spent six years at the Detroit Free Press covering the Affordable Care Act and Michigan's Medicaid expansion. She holds a master's degree from Lourdes University in Toledo.
Robin and her husband raised two children in southeast Michigan — and have failed miserably at training their Beagle-Bassets.
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New for 2025: A cap on drug prices for nearly 2 million older Michiganders
Portions of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which called for a reduction in drug prices, continue to click into place, including a $2,000 cap in 2025 for some Medicare beneficiaries. But there are limits.
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As holiday hugs and coughs await, only 1 in 4 Michiganders has taken flu shot
Michigan lags the national average for flu shots, with rates falling for the fourth year in a row this flu season
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How older Michiganders landed in Medicaid plan aimed at family planning
A limited benefit plan that launched just more than a year ago covers Michiganders who are no longer eligible for Medicaid and would have otherwise lost coverage altogether
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Is your Michigan water fluoridated? Here’s what the research says about it
From brown teeth in Colorado to a national experiment in Grand Rapids, research once led to widespread acceptance of US fluoridated water. Decades later, some say it’s time to rethink that approach.
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The ‘day of death’: How a mystery drug, spate of ODs changed west Michigan
When nearly two dozen overdoses and seven deaths rocked Kalamazoo, police and health officials required a new level of cooperation. The response could teach other communities ravaged by the drug epidemic.
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How grieving survivors help shape Michigan drug policy
More than 25,000 Michiganders have died from drug overdoses. From shock and tears comes grit and resolve for change.
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Team of scientific sleuths helps sound alert on Michigan's killer drugs
An after-work drink helped launch a one-of-a-kind rapid testing program that offers a lifesaving head start in Michigan’s drug fight.
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Need addiction help? Michigan launches tool to find treatment options
As Michigan’s treatment options grow, a new mapping site plots out where to find help.
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How despair over Gaza war helped Donald Trump win Dearborn. It’s complicated
What started as a protest movement leads Michigan’s largest Arab-American enclave to give its vote to a Republican who once said Israel should ‘finish the job’ in Gaza.