Kate Wells, Michigan Public

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  • Tim Lillard at the home he and his wife, Ann Picha-Lillard, shared in southeastern Michigan. Since her death in 2022, Lillard has made it his mission to pass the Safe Patient Care Act, which would create mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios in Michigan hospitals. (Beth Weiler/Michigan Public)Health

    He thinks his wife died in an understaffed hospital. Now he’s trying to change the industry

    By KFF Health News and Kate Wells, Michigan Public