Author Archives: Utibe Effiong, board-certified internal medicine physician and public health scientist, MidMichigan Health, University of Michigan

Congress just missed one of its best shots at improving health when the Senate failed to advance a bill that would have raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Study after study has linked higher income to better health. Consider that a well-paying job, by definition, increases household income. That, in turn, means increased […]