Olmstead Ruling Shapes Home Care Access Struggles
Brent Kaderli waits in a Texas nursing home for true home-based care despite a Supreme Court ruling favoring noninstitutional living. The article notes Medicaid’s growth in home and community services but highlights ongoing waivers, waitlists, and state disparities that keep many disabled people in institutions.
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Brent Kaderli
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Kaderli
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Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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Sue Jamieson
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
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Fecal Transplants Draw FDA Oversight For C Diff Treatment
Regulators class fecal transplants as an experimental drug to treat C diff infection. Doctors warn oversight may limit access while supporters cite high cure rates and low side effects. Infections from unscreened material risk HIV hepatitis and parasites. NY physicican notes dramatic potential despite limited long term data.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Lawrence Brandt
New York
Montefiore Medical Center
New England Journal of Medicine
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