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United HealthCare
United HealthCare "began an aggressive sales campaign targeting the most vulnerable population, the poor and elderly." Hidden cameras found the insurance agents being deceptive, often playing off of fear and sometimes even insulting the customer to make a sale.
Tags: HMO; health care; United HealthCare; elderly; poor; insurance agents; Missouri
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Trouble In Toyland
After a toddler died from eating tiny magnets that fell off a toy, the Magnetix Building Set, the family contacted KOMO-TV. The following investigation found that building sets fell apart regularly and found "3 other children on the West Coast who were at death's doorstep after swallowing magnets."
Tags: toys; hazard; magnets; children; death; health risk; toymakers; CPSC
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"Viagra"
CBS News reported on the concerns about the potential for blindness among Viagra users. Through the Freedom of Information Act they obtained adverse event data and found at least 800 reports of vision problems in a four-year period, including some cases of total blindness. The FDA is considering label changes for Viagra and other impotence drugs.
Tags: ED drugs; impotence; FDA; Viagra; health risks
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"The Pledge"
This story explains changes in Public Health policies of the Bush administration, particularly the approach to preventing sexually transmitted diseases among young people. For 20 years the policy had been to get kids to use condoms; a policy that worked. Since the advent of the Bush administration five years ago, the policy has shifted to "No sex before marriage" and the government has spent almost $1 billion to get the message across. Part of the strategy has been to convince young people that condoms are not safe.
Tags: Public health policy; HIV; AIDS; sex education; sexually transmitted diseases; STD's
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Dirty Dining III
Dateline examined health inspection reports for 1,000 restaurants from the top ten family chains. They found that every chain but one averaged one critical violation, or a violation that can make a customer sick, per inspection. The best chain was Denny's with 296 critical violations in 100 sampled restaurants, and the worst was Waffle House with 594 critical violations in the 100 sampled restaurants.
Tags: health inspections; family dining; food contamination; CAR computer-assisted reporting
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Target 8 Investigation: Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center
This investigation exposed how the Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center mistreats its employees. The grievance system allows their cases to slip through the cracks, and benefits those who abuse power and drive employees away.
Tags: mental health; benefits; workplace; grievance
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Something is Killing our Police
Utah police in the 1980's and 1990's were trained to bust meth labs and handle chemicals without using any safety equipment. Now, the officers who were exposed to the hazardous materials are suffering severe illness and even dying much earlier than they should be.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; police; cop; law enforcement; meth; health; safety; cancer; narcotic; chemical
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House of Hoard
This FOX 42 Prime Assignment follows an Omaha woman who is battling the city over whether or not her trash-filled home and yard are fit for living. Hidden cameras spy on her as she rummages through neighbors' trash cans and court dates mount as she has almost 50 outstanding charges against her.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; health hazard; demolition; trash; housing code; Omaha; code enforcement; hidden camera
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Twin Towers
'Twin Towers' (L.A. County Jail and also the nation's largest mental institution), was investigated for three months and found the jail to be a 'terrible place to house the mentally ill'. But because community clinics are full to capacity, caring for persons with mental problems continues to fall onto the lap of 'under-trained and overwhelmed' law enforcement personnel.
Tags: jail; L.A. county jail; mentally ill inmates; psychiatric disorders; prison guards; mental health
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Out of Options
Although Arizona has received more than 1,000 complaints about the private company they hire to take care of the mentally ill, Value Options continues to be paid millions of tax-payer money each year. In response to the KNXV investigation, Arizona announced a ground-breaking plan to improve the mental health system--including better housing, supervision and care.
Tags: mental health; Value Options; FOIA; mentally ill; case work; social work; health care; behavior