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Insurers limiting doctors, hospitals in health insurance market

“Insurers in California's new health insurance exchange are holding down premiums by limiting choices, raising concerns that patients will struggle to get care.”
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Dismissal of caregiver abuse puts California patients at risk

Ryan Gabrielson of The Center for Investigative Reporting reports that "California regulators routinely have conducted cursory and indifferent investigations into suspected violence and misconduct committed by hundreds of nursing assistants […]
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Payoffs alleged at assisted living centers

"The 2011 documents allege several instances of state inspectors taking bribes, one of many problems found in a six-month investigation of assisted living facilities by U-T San Diego and the […]
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Texas doctor's patients end up maimed, dead as medical board fails to stop him

Dr. Christopher Duntsch began his medical practice in 2010, The Texas Observer reports, and by the time the state revoked his license in 2013, a series of botched surgeries had […]
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Thousands of physicians still practicing despite misconduct

The nation's state medical boards continue to allow thousands of physicians to keep practicing medicine after findings of serious misconduct that puts patients at risk, a USA TODAY investigation shows. […]
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New York Promised Help for Mentally Ill Inmates -- But Still Sticks Many in Solitary

"In New York, inmates diagnosed with 'serious' disorders should be protected from solitary confinement. But since that policy began, the number of inmates diagnosed with such disorders has dropped," according […]
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Locked in Terror

The Fresno Bee reports: "The Fresno County Jail has been a place of terror and despair for mentally ill inmates who spiral deeper into madness because jail officials withhold their […]
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Sponges, tools and more left inside Washington hospital patients

KUOW in Seattle reports that about 30 times per year, a sponge or surgical instrument is left inside a patient at a hospital in Washington state. Foreign ojects left behind […]
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Mentally troubled students overwhelm schools

The Star Tribune reports that one boy's struggle with “Mr. Angry” highlights a growing dilemma: Thousands of kids with mental problems rely on schools for care. Gianni is one of […]
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Small-town Texas patients died amid federal, state regulatory inaction

The Dallas Morning News investigation shows how Dr. Tariq Mahmood operated a chain of dangerous small-town Texas hospitals for more than four years until regulators finally started to crack down. Before […]
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