Michelle Fredrickson
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Fredrickson: The U.S. healthcare system could shift at the hand of big corporations
After Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway entered the healthcare market, columnist Michelle Fredrickson argues that this could provide a much-needed shakeup to a broken industry. → Read More
Fredrickson: Government re-opening brings good news for healthcare
The bill to reopen the government contained some hidden impacts on healthcare. → Read More
Fredrickson: Colorado court decision a good step for women’s health
The abortion debate is fundamentally part of the science denial culture in America. Science scored a victory in Colorado with a Supreme Court ruling in favor of funding Planned Parenthood. → Read More
Fredrickson: Raw water trend the height of health privilege
The raw water trend is dangerous, potentially deadly, and the height of wealthy, ignorant privilege. → Read More
Fredrickson: In wake of the Hawaii nuclear threat, how can we prepare?
As a result of the recent ballistic missile false alarm in Hawaii, disaster preparedness has the spotlight. What should Fort Collins and CSU students do in a disaster event? → Read More
Fredrickson: Be proud of Colorado’s new police program
Colorado has instituted a new fund to help facilitate partnerships between police and mental health professionals. → Read More
Fredrickson: Tragedy should not be laughed about
Health columnist Michelle Fredrickson argues that making jokes about suicide detracts from the conversation while possibly doing very real damage. → Read More
Fredrickson: It matters how we talk about suicide
Health columnist Michelle Fredrickson argues that the whole society needs to be involved in destigmatizing suicide in order to help people find help. → Read More
Fredrickson: Marijuana controversy indicative of much larger issue
Even more data backs up the positive health effects of marijuana - but it's still controversial. Columnist Michelle Fredrickson argues this is because of an intentional ignorance of fact. → Read More
Fredrickson: College students often neglect mental health
Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by the Collegian or its editorial board. It’s no secret that students are more or less stressed out. The life of a student is hectic, busy, and fraught with turmoil in work, personal relationships, … → Read More
Fredrickson: Take a proactive approach in preparing for disaster
We all need to take steps to become more prepared in the event of a disaster. → Read More
Fredrickson: Focus on non-opiate painkillers to address the opiate crisis
In Colorado, more people died from prescription opiate overdose than homicide in 2015. If we are ever going to change these figures, we need better alternatives to pain management. → Read More
Fredrickson: America is failing its children by not renewing CHIP
We need to pressure our representatives at Congress to renew funding for CHIP and continue protecting lower and middle income children. → Read More
Fredrickson: Fort Collins should condemn conversion therapy
Last week, Westminster became the first city in Colorado to officially denounce conversion therapy. Fort Collins needs to follow suit and become the second city to condemn this despicable practice. → Read More
Fredrickson: Be better than Boulder, get vaccinated
A new study found that Fort Collins is alive on social media with anti-vaccine sentiment. We must increase our vaccination efforts in order to continue being better at vaccinating than Boulder. → Read More
Fredrickson: Understand healthcare first, form an opinion later
Thankfully, the Graham-Cassidy bill attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare didn't pass. But the contents of the bill and the real knowledge of the ACA show a disturbing trend of apathy in an uninterested and uneducated public. → Read More