Rep. Johnson Joins House Democrats to Trump Admin: Florida Nursing Home Tragedy Is a Wake-Up Call to Protect the Fundamental Rights of Residents Against Abuse
In the wake of disturbing reports of the neglect of nursing home residents in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, 46 members of
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
Signed copies of the letters are available HERE (https://hankjohnson.house.gov/sites/hankjohnson.house.gov/files/documents/CMS_letter.pdf).
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