The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee recently advanced the Protecting Older Americans Act to prevent forced arbitration clauses that stop victims of age discrimination from seeking justice and public accountability in courts. An AARP survey found that 78% of older workers have either seen or experienced age discrimination within the workplace. This bill is built off
FITS News reported on the issue of the high cost of insurance for alcohol purveyors in South Carolina. The writer complains about the lack of transparency. Lobbyisits seeking to remove South Carolina’s requirement for alcohol purveyors to carry a minimum $1 million insurance policy want to tie the state’s joint and several liability law to high
WLTX reported a disturbing fact. South Carolina is one of only 10 states that refuse to expand Medicaid by turning down $1 billion in federal funding. At a launch event for Cover SC, advocates say South Carolina is sending tax dollars to other states including Georgia and North Carolina. Over $1 billion would come to
The Post and Courier reported on the insurance industry attempts to protect their profits with a great editorial on joint liability. “On July 6, 2014, a 26-year-old woman was driving drunk and crashed into a police car driven by Dillon Police Officer Jacob Richardson. A passenger was killed; the officer was severely injured and suffered
PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) is a center that provides government-funded medical care and social services to people older than 55 whose financial medicinal needs qualify them for nursing home care but are able to live at home with the right kind of assistance. PACE began in the early 1970s when community
Forbes reported on a study by health economists at UCLA and Lehigh University. Nursing home owners understate profits to federal regulators by shifting income to related businesses. Ashvin Gandhi and financial economist Andrew Olenski looked into how operators “tunnel” expenses to related parties. The bottom line is that staffing levels within nursing homes will increase