Two members of Congress subpoenaed in nursing homes’ fight with SEIU

Tim Mak The Washington Examiner 2/26/2014

Two senior lawmakers from Connecticut have been subpoenaed in a civil racketeering case involving nursing homes and the SEIU, the Washington Examiner has learned.

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., have been pulled into a lawsuit between two local chapters of the Service Employees International […]

Was police killing of 95-year-old necessary?

Common sense tells me that cops don’t need a Taser or a shotgun to subdue a 95-year-old man.

John Kass The Chicago Tribune 8/3/2013

 

John Wrana and his wife, Helen in 2005. Helen died in 2005. ( Family photo from Attorney Nick Grapsas (handout))

 

When John Wrana was a young man, […]

Striking SEIU workers intentionally endangered CT nursing home patients, says company

Vince Coglianese The Daily Caller 7/18/2012

After the collapse of 17-month-long union negotiations on July 3, unionized health-care workers walked out of five nursing home facilities in Connecticut, but not before placing some elderly patients in dire medical risk through acts of sabotage, according to the company that owns and operates the facilities.

“In the […]

Wasserman Schultz (Again): This Ryan Budget is a ‘Tornado Through Nursing Homes!’

Guy Benson Townhall.com 3/23/2012

Loud, frightening noises, America:

Ratcheting up the rhetoric on the eve of Vice President Joe Biden‘s visit to a South Florida senior community, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz today likened Republican Medicare proposals to “a tornado through America’s nursing homes.” Said Wasserman Schultz: “The Romney-Ryan budget would be devastating […]

Sane Elderly Given Antipsychotic Drugs at Mass. Nursing Homes

AP/FoxNews.com 3/8/2010

BOSTON — Federal officials say nearly 2,500 Massachusetts nursing home residents were given powerful antipsychotic drugs last year that were not intended or recommended for their medical condition.

The Boston Globe reports that data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show that 28 percent of Massachusetts nursing home residents were […]

Tentative tax deal marks health care breakthrough

by David Espo and Sam Hananel Associated Press January 14, 2010

WASHINGTON – In a major breakthrough, union leaders bowed Thursday to White House demands for a new tax on high-cost insurance plans as part of landmark health care legislation taking final shape in intensive negotiations. “We are on the doorstep” of success, President Barack […]

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