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  “This forces very difficult trade-offs for families. Even though they have insurance, they still have these very high bills,” said Michelle Moniz, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, whose research shows that parents with private health coverage now face, on average, more than $3,000 in medical bills related to a pregnancy and childbirth that aren’t covered by insurance.

  National Public Radio
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  “Consumers had been reserving judgment for the past few months,” but now their minds are made up, says economist Joanne Hsu, director of the U-M Surveys of Consumers. “They expressed worries that inflation, unemployment and interest rates may all be moving in an unfavorable direction in the year ahead.”

  Inc.
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  “We play a really important role in Michigan in being able to … help people inform decisions about the forests and the lakes and the streams in Michigan itself. But we can also take that information and inform the globe about how climate change might be impacting ecosystems,” said Aimee Classen, director of the Biological Station and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.

  WEMU Radio