Campus panel
commemorates
anniversaries of Social
Security, Medicare
By LYDIA BARRY
For the Daily
U.S. House Rep. Debbie Dingell
(D-Ann Arbor) and her husband
John Dingell, a former Congress-
man, co-hosted a roundtable dis-
cussion Tuesday at the University
to discuss healthcare and retire-
ment policy in celebration of the
recent 50th anniversary of Medi-
care and the upcoming 80th anni-
versary of Social Security.
The Dingell family has histori-
cally had strong ties to Medicare
and Social Security, as well as Med-
icaid. During his time in Congress,
John Dingell co-sponsored the first
Medicare and Medicaid legislation
in 1965, and his father, John Ding-
ell Sr., cosponsored the bill that
first created Social Security. The
first bill Debbie Dingell, who took
office this January, introduced
would expand Medicare to cover
hearing aids if passed.
The Dingells were joined by
co-hosts John Z. Ayanian, direc-
tor of the University’s Institute for
Healthcare Policy and Innovation
and Ford School Dean Susan M.
Collins, as well as several Univer-
sity health scholars.
To open the discussion, Ayanian
described the impact Medicare
and Social Security have made in
America since they were enacted.
“Medicare and Social Security
have enormous consequences for
the health and financial well-being
of elderly and disabled Ameri-
cans,” Ayanian said. “Without
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GOP candidate
highlights plans to
halt immigration,
negotiate with China
By SHOHAM GEVA
Daily News Editor
BIRCH RUN — They came,
they said, to hear his blunt,
often-controversial
take
on
issues like immigration, suc-
cinctly summed up in one of his
more popular one-liners — “We
need to build a wall (on the bor-
der)”. For his presence, described
as both arrogant and confident.
Or because they wanted to hear
something new.
After the speech some left
disappointed,
citing
lack
of
substance to reporters. Others
called his presence and approach
to politics what they’d been
praying for.
For the crowd of roughly
2,800 gathered Tuesday eve-
ning for Republican presiden-
tial candidate Donald Trump’s
first visit to Michigan during his
campaign, he seemed to spark
high interest overall if nothing
else, with many breaking out in
enthusiastic chants and rising to
their feet throughout the speech.
Trump, who is currently lead-
ing in the polls for the Republi-
can nomination despite a series
of controversial comments about
women, immigrants, and mem-
bers of his party, visited the state
for a sold-out fundraiser hosted
by the Genesee and Saginaw
County GOP.
In a roughly 50 minute speech,
he touched on a range of issues,
including China, the rest of the
GOP field, the Obama admin-
istration’s proposed deal with
Iran, and immigration, among
others.
On China, Trump cited the
nation’s recent move to devalue
its currency, which lowers its
worth compared to other coun-
try’s currencies.
Changes in currency value
can have international impacts
on trade, pricing, interest rates
and other factors.
“Now, you know what deval-
ue means, right?” he asked the
crowd. “Devalue means suck the
blood out of the United States.
Our companies won’t be able to
compete. They can’t compete
now.”
Speaking to the Iran deal
proposed by the Obama admin-
istration, Trump called it incom-
petent and said it could lead to
nuclear proliferation.
“The worst thing that can
happen is a bad deal,” he said.
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