Underworld Turns

N.Y. underfunded nursing homes hurt hospitals

Across New York, elderly and medically fragile patients sit in hospital beds for days — sometimes weeks — not because they need acute care, but because nursing homes cannot afford to take them under current Medicaid rates. Families wait anxiously, hospitals back up, and staff are stretched to the breaking point. This chronic underfunding is eroding the dignity of aging and straining the health care system.
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News photographer injured after federal officers fire rubber bullets into crowd of protestors in Los Angeles

A photojournalist said that despite following officers’ orders, he suffered a broken bone after being struck by rubber bullets as federal officers fired into a crowd of protestors in downtown Los Angeles. On Jan. 31, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown for a second day of protests against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations.  As […]
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