Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley told an audience of Kirkhof College
of Nursing students and faculty members that his family health care
experiences have impacted his public policy work.
Calley visited Grand Valley December 5 at the invitation of
graduate nursing student Cindy Pettit, who is a friend of his. Calley
is an alumnus who earned an MBA from the Seidman College of Business
in 2000.
Calley helped push for autism insurance reform in Michigan.
Prior to 2012, nearly every insurance company in the state denied
coverage for evidence-based treatment of autism. Calley’s daughter was
diagnosed with the disorder at age 4.
He said his public policy work in Lansing now mostly involves
his passion: working to improve the health care delivery and insurance
system and not “lock out” people diagnosed with brain disorders.
“There are labels we use to tell what people are, and kids and
other people are proving every day that those labels are wrong,”
Calley said.
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