Michigan Doctors

The trio of bills would create the Prescription Drug Affordability Board and the Drug Affordability Stakeholder Council. The groups would work together to try and set upper payment limits, effectively capping the cost of medications.

Bills heard in a House committee today would require written parental consent and another care provider in the room before a minor can undergo certain intimate treatments.

A group of more than 500 doctors has filed a brief with the Michigan Supreme Court calling for a ruling that abortion rights are protected.The Committee to Protect Health Care is trying to nudge the court to grant a request from Governor Gretchen Whitmer. She wants the court to rule abortion rights are constitutionally safeguarded and a 1931 abortion ban is null and void.