Doctors neglect in nursing homes cited in AP investigation
An Associated Press report finds nursing homes lack adequate physician visits with doctors often inaccessible. Telephone care and narcotics prescriptions replace in-person exams, and watchdogs report few patients see a doctor monthly. Government programs fund much care but bedside attention remains scarce.
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Senate Aims Hearings on Nursing Home Problems
A Senate subcommittee chair, Sen Frank Moss, urged new hearings into nursing home issues after AP investigations. He plans hearings on chain ownership, medical care standards, and Medicaid Medicare payments, aiming to address chronic problems since Medicare Medicaid. The move echoes 1985 reforms and stresses professionalization, doctor visit rules, and enforcement gaps across states.
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Jury Duty Mix Up Involving President Exemption
An AP report notes confusion over jury duty for Richard Nixon and a separate item on Nobel laureate H G Khorana being named Sloan Professor at MIT. Nixon reportedly claimed exemption citing law practice and residence changes. Khorana leaves Wisconsin to join MIT as Sloan Professor of biology and chemistry.
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