The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 7 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 7 Dingell pushes his plan for national health care At event yesterday, representative said program would help American companies By MALLORY JONES For the Daily At a standing room only event yesterday, Rep. John Dingell (D-Dearborn) drummed up sup- port for a bill that would give every American health insurance. Speaking to a packed crowd in a School of Public Health auditorium - some of whom were redirected into "overflow rooms" - Dingell, whose district includes Ann Arbor, discussed his legislation, H.R. 15: The National Health Insurance Act, which he introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives ear- lier this year. While Dingell said he is optimis- tic about passing reform legislation quickly, he can only hope that the legislature will reach "a bipartisan agreement." "I can tell you that the president has already put national health care coverage into his budget," Dingell said. Chris Jennings, former senior health care adviser to President Rep. John Bill Clinton, said at the event that that go "stakeholders" in the insurance automobi industry, including physicians, are be much "begging" for reform. said. "The very economic crisis that "What we face breeds opportunity for that has comprehensive change," Jennings systems said, who is also president of the has one health policy consulting firm Jen- systems nings Policies Strategies, Inc. health ca In the current economic crisis, Dingel Dingell said the need for univer- health c sal health insurance in the United every A States is "no longer just a humani- pared to tarian concern, it's a competitive that goes concern." 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"The goal was to update an 80-plus-year-old facility to today's standards of safety and conve- nience," he said. "Building premi- um seating was a means to an end. It was a way we could pay for it without having to put a surcharge on our ticket." Martin said the stadium project has raised more in donations than originally anticipated, but that the project will cost more than origi- nally planned. It was expected to cost $226 million. In addition to athletic expenses, Martin said he is proud the Ath- letic Department has been able to contribute approximately $3.6 mil- lion to the president's discretion- ary fund over the last two years. The Athletic Department also contributes approximately $14 million a year in tuition and board payments to the University for ath- letes receiving scholarships. Martin said when he became athletic director almost nine years ago, he was committed to not only improving the athletic perfor- mance of student-athletes, but their academic performances as well. "My whole dealhereis Ijustwant to moake Michigan better, both ath- letically and academically," he said. A handout presented to assem- bly members outlined the Univer- sity's student-athletes' academic performance. According to Martin's handout, student-athlete graduation rates have risen from 68 percent in 2000 to 84 percentlast year, despite flur- FINKELSTEIN From Page 1 denied Finkelstein's bid for tenure after concerns were raised over his controversial opinions. Finkelstein alleged that Harvard professor and lawyer Alan Dershowitz, a prolific opponent of Finkelstein who holds pro-Israel views, interfered with his bid and helped it get blocked. Administrators at DePaul denied that Dershowitz played any role in their decision. In April 2007, Finkelstein told the Harvard Crimson that Der- showitz's efforts were "character assassination." "Had there been no outside pressure, I'm fully confident that I would make it through," Finkel- stein said at the time. He was placed on administra- tive leave during the 2007-2008 academic term, and resigned on GRADUATION RATES AT THI Tho tread is the percentage at student anc studen-athletes who graduate. 82 82 83 84 82 80% 60% 40% 20% 2000 2002 tuating graduation rates through- out that time. In the same period of time, overall graduation rates among all University students rose from 82 percent to 88 percent. According to the handouts, the University also has the second highest overall student-athlete graduation rate among Big Ten schools, among which the football team has the third highest gradu- ation rate. Despite this, Martin said he believes a higher graduation rate is possible. "There's always room for improvement," he said. When one assembly member asked about the recent controversy over reimbursing members of the Committee on Academic Perfor- mance, who attended bowl games on behalf of the University, Martin said he supported the old practice. Sept. 5,2007. SAFE co-chair Andrew Dalack said that the organization brought in Finkelstein for two reasons, the first of which is his knowledge of the situation in Gaza. "(Finkelstein's) insight into the conflict is much needed consider- ing Israel's most recent assault on Gaza," Dalack said. Dalack also said that SAFE invit- ed Finkelstein to speak because of the controversy surrounding Fin- kelstein's tenure at DePaul. "We felt that his denial and inability to gain tenure at DePaul University is something that the campus needed to hear about," Dalack said. Rachel Goldstein, president of the American Movement for Israel, said that although some members may choose to attend the event, AMI does not plan to send an orga- nized group to protest. Goldstein also said that mnem- E UNIVERSITY d university students University student-athletes 85 87 87 87 8884 88 73 72 2004 2006 2008 Source: Michigan Athletic Department "I personally support it, but it's not my decision," he said of the practice. "That's a decision the president will make." Martin said the opportunity to travel to bowl games allowed fac- ulty to meet with leaders from the NCAA and provided the oppor- tunity to build relationships and trust. A decision at last month's Sen- ate Assembly meeting advocated transferring power to make rec- ommendations on student-athlete eligibility to the academic advising office in the school in which the stu- dent-athlete is enrolled. Previously, the Committee on Academic Per- formance made recommendations to the Office of the Provostconcern- ingstudent-athlete eligibility. - Devon Thorsby contributed to this report. bers of AMI weren't very happy with the choice of Finkelstein as the speaker for the event. "We are disappointed that SAFE deemed Finkelstein an appropriate choice to be that advocate," Gold- stein said. "He has been academi- callydiscredited inthe past, openly defends the actions of Hezbollah, an organization recognized by the U.S. and many European countries as a terrorist group, and he is con- sidered incredibly offensive and inflammatory to the Jewish com- munity, regardless of his Jewish descent." Goldstein added that she hopes the event's audience members will not take Finkelstein's words as fact. "We hope anyone who attends will acknowledge (Finkelstein's) extremist beliefs and continue edu- cating themselves further on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before jumping to any conclusions," Gold- stein said. KRISTABOY[ Dingell spoke at the University yesterday about national health care. into making products like les, U.S. companies would more competitive, Dingell t a shame that the nation one of the finest college in the whole world and of the greatest health care in the world can't provide re to its people," he said. X1 said $1,600 worth of are 'is part of the cost of merican-made car, com- the $750 worth of steel into each car. 41, who last week became est-serving U.S. represen- er, was a co-sponsor of the really happy to see there's 'rty split," he said. "The fact have two parties competing No spots really means we're get the best candidates as to someone who was there w the right people within a 20 people." rnior Tyrone Schiff, who is LSA Student Government ative, said he thinks MVP citing style for government. nk they have an innovative ," he said. "They're trying d things that haven't been the past, and I think it's State Children's Health Insurance Program that passed in 1997. After former President George W. Bush twice vetoed reauthorizing SCHIP, President Barack Obama signed its reauthorization into law on Feb. 4, 2009. Marianne Udow-Phillips, direc- tor of the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation, also spoke at the event with Dingell and Jennings. She discussed the heavy burden the current Medicaid sys- tem puts on state budgets. She said in Michigan, 20 percent of the state budget goes toward pay- ing for Medicaid - the eighth high- est percentage in the country. time that somebody came around and did this." The party structure was also introduced. It includes LSA junior Brady Smith as message chair; LSA sophomore Sam Goodman and LSA junior Alex Warbasse as external marketing and media chairs; LSA sophomore Andrew Chinsky as internal communication coordina- tor and LSA junior Sona Kotecha and LSA freshman Larry Warbasse as finance chairs. - Annie Thomas contributed to thisstory. WANT TO WRITE FOR DAILY NEWS? 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