7 Nursing Homes Forced To Close After Unsafe Evacuations And Conditions

Seven Louisiana nursing homes on Saturday were ordered to close immediately because their patients were evacuated to a single warehouse ahead of Hurricane Ida, the Louisiana Department of Health said. Seven patients have died since the move, and five of the deaths have been classified as storm-related fatalities, the health department said in a statement. […]

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As of October 2016, there were more than 57 million enrollees in Medicare, roughly 18% of the U.S. population. The program will spend a projected $700 billion on benefit payments in 2017. Clearly, Medicare is a big deal, and if you’re not greatly benefiting from it now, you probably will in the future. So take some […]