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Dying Alone

WGXA reported the tragic discovery of a female resident three days after her death. Magnolia Manor caregivers finally discovered Jewel Pounds Billing in her apartment after family members asked them to do a welfare check on Billing. Coroner Lonnie Miley believes the woman died of natural causes. According to Magnolia Manor’s website, they provide services to

Vaccine Court

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Thirty-five years ago, Congress created the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The Program reimburses children hurt by routine immunizations administered as a condition of school entry. The federal program compensates people experiencing vaccine injuries, but not injuries from covid vaccines. This program is known also as the vaccine court. The vaccine

Expand Medicare Services

Medicare is funded by a combination of money. Some paid directly from paychecks and taxes paid by working Americans and their employers. Kaiser Health News had an article on the lack of essential services Medicare actually provides, and the need to expand services. “Traditional” Medicare does not cover many benefits used overwhelmingly by its beneficiaries,

Omitted Deaths

The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study showing nursing homes hid thousands of COVID deaths. They omitted deaths before the federal government required reporting the number of deaths.  The study estimated the count is missing 12% of cases. The industry omitted 14% of deaths among nursing home residents in 2020. However, cases and

“Chemical Straitjackets”

Risk of Death New York Times had an incredible investigative report that must be read. In 2005, the Food and Drug Administration required manufacturers to put a label on the drugs warning that they increased the risk of death for patients with dementia. Antipsychotic drugs are “chemical straitjackets”. These dangerous medications kill residents with dementia,

Mandate Safety

DHEC reported that more people are hospitalized in South Carolina from the coronavirus than at any point since the virus hit last March. The percent of positive tests (12%) continues to show the virus is spreading in the state. The CDC have said that the percent positive should be 5% for the virus to slow.

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