The October KFF Health Tracking Poll finds a large majority (79%) of the public do not want the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act’s protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions, up 17 percentage points since last year when 62% held this view. Trump has said he wants justices who would “do the

545 Children At least 60 under 5 years old.  Lost. Misplaced. Endangered. In 2017, the Trump administration implemented their most controversial immigration policy. Separating young children and babies from their mothers. This was meant to deter future conduct and not punish the children or the parents. That is certainly not what happened. Now, at least,

According to former White House Chief of Staff, retired Marine General John Kelly, “The depths of his dishonesty is just astounding to me. The dishonesty, the transactional nature of every relationship, though it’s more pathetic than anything else. He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life.”

Retention and Turnover McKnight’s reported on staffing challenges in the nursing home industry. Staffing problems have plagued long-term care operators for decades. It has gotten even worse this year during the coronavirus pandemic. Experts predict unsafe staffing will continue as the crisis further progresses this year. The ongoing shortage of caregivers will harm nursing homes

Herd Immunity The White House confirmed that it is adopting the inhumane herd immunity strategy. Trump wrongly believes that if people get infected and survive, they will be immune and society will reach “herd immunity.”  Herd immunity is also known as the “let people die” strategy. The strategy involves deliberately letting the novel coronavirus spread

The State reported on South Carolina’s record nursing home deaths during the pandemic. As a nursing home neglect lawyer, I have seen poor care in South Carolina’s nursing homes for decades. The pandemic made it worse. A new AARP report concludes nursing homes in my home state has more deaths among nursing home vulnerable adults.