House Dems: Florida Nursing Home Tragedy is Wake Up Call to Protect Residents Against Abuse
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In
They wrote: "The horrific reports of abuse at facilities in
Last year under the
Nursing-home residents stand to lose virtually every cause of action against unscrupulous caregivers unless these current protections against forced arbitration in nursing-home admission contracts are preserved.
As the letter notes, following an extensive notice-and-comment rulemaking process, CMS determined that forced arbitration undermines the ability of health investigators to prevent and remedy abuse in nursing homes.
But under the
The letter follows a letter from
The group of
A signed copy of the letter, as delivered, is available at: http://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/CMS10032017.pdf.
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