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Ding Dong the Wicked Legislation is Dead!

By Amanda

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Tennessee Capitol Yesterday afternoon, the Tennessee Housing Subcommittee deadlocked (essentially killing) legislation pushed by the nursing home industry that would have limited compensation for nursing home patients who suffer the worst abuse and neglect.  

The ?Kill Old People Cheap Act? as it was called by Representative Henry Fincher would have severely limited compensation to patients and families for injury or death caused by a nursing home.  As Rep. Fincher said

The problem with the bill is that there's no guarantees of patient care.  All it does is guarantee that corporations will make money at the expense of hurting and killing elderly patients. That's not the right policy in the state of Tennessee.

Advocates from AARP and others are planning on going back to the drawing board to see if they can?t ?find an answer that's going to provide more quality for patients in nursing homes.?

Right on!

Full post as published by ThePopTort on April 22, 2009 (boomark / email).

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