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According to a new report, Michigan is failing in access to emergency care

A hospital emergency room entrance.
Steve Carmody
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Michigan Radio
Is a health care emergency coming in 2014?

How are we doing as a state and as a nation, when it comes to our emergency rooms and access to emergency health care?

According to areport card recently released by the American College of Emergency Physicians, not very well. Michigan received a grade of "D" in access to emergency care.

Why are we failing in access to this life-or-death care in Michigan?

Dr. Michael Nauss is a senior emergency room physician at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. And he's a board member of the Michigan College of Emergency Physicians. He joined us today.

Listen to the full interview above.

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