“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network == Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health providers. But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist. #News #insurance #health #healthcare #MentalHealth #doctors #patients #therapy #government #business
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“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network
Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health providers. But even after 21 phone...
#Nike Shareholders Want to Force Actions on Environmental and Worker Protections. They Face Long Odds. At their annual meeting, Nike investors will decide on proposals about the company’s approach to climate change, gender equity and labor rights. If history is any guide, none of them will pass. #News #Business #Environment #Labor #Gender #Equity #Climate #ClimateChange #Sustainability
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Nike Shareholders Want to Force Actions on Environmental and Worker Protections. They Face Long Odds.
At their annual meeting, Nike investors will decide on proposals about the company’s approach to climate change, gender equity and labor rights. ...
#School District With Highest Student Arrest Rate in the Nation Agrees to Reform How It Disciplines #Disabled Students == Following a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation, the Garrison School in #Illinois will change its disciplinary practices and provide services to those who missed class due to being arrested or sent to a seclusion room. #News #Education #Government #Kids #Disability #Police #Teachers
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School District With Highest Student Arrest Rate in the Nation Agrees to Reform How It Disciplines Disabled Students
Following a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation, the Garrison School in Illinois will change its disciplinary practices and provide services t...
#Judge Orders Guardianship Firm to Return Thousands It Took From an #Elderly Woman for Services It Never Provided == #NewYork Guardianship Services had billed Judith Zbiegniewicz $450 a month for court-ordered care, but a judge found the company provided “minimal services, if any” for years, including at the height of the #coronavirus #pandemic. #News #Court #Care #Regulation #Guardian #Neglect #Abuse
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Judge Orders Guardianship Firm to Return Thousands It Took From an Elderly Woman for Services It Never Provided
New York Guardianship Services had billed Judith Zbiegniewicz $450 a month for court-ordered care, but a judge found the company provided “minima...
Ginni Thomas, the wife of #SupremeCourt Justice Clarence Thomas, privately heaped praise on religious-rights group First Liberty Institute for fighting efforts to reform the Supreme Court — efforts sparked, in large part, by her husband’s ethical lapses. #News #Law #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas #Government #Court #Politics #Religion #Ethics
#DOJ Reaches Agreement With #Wisconsin Sheriff’s Office to Improve Services for People Who Don’t Speak English == Years after deputies in Dane County, Wisconsin, mistakenly blamed an #immigrant worker for his son’s death on a #dairy farm, the sheriff’s office has agreed to reforms meant to ensure that residents who speak limited English can get needed services. #News #Police #Agriculture #Farm #Immigration #Reform #Language #Translation
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DOJ Reaches Agreement With Wisconsin Sheriff’s Office to Improve Services for People Who Don’t Speak English
Years after deputies in Dane County, Wisconsin, mistakenly blamed an immigrant worker for his son’s death on a dairy farm, the sheriff’s office...
Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against #SupremeCourt Reform: “Thank You So, So, So Much” == In a call with donors, First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from Thomas. The leader of the religious-rights group also labeled Justice Elena Kagan “treasonous” for backing a stronger #ethics code. #News #Law #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas #Government #Court #Politics #Religion
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Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: “Thank You So, So, So Much”
In a call with donors, First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from Thomas. The leader of the religiou...
Judge Cannon Should Be Removed From #Trump Case, Watchdog Group Argues in New #Legal Filing == Judge Aileen M. Cannon has shown bias in throwing out Trump’s classified documents case and must be replaced if the appeals court overturns her decision, argues public interest advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. #News #DonaldTrump #Law #Courts #Government #Politics #election2024
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Judge Cannon Should Be Removed From Trump Case, Watchdog Group Argues in New Legal Filing
Judge Aileen M. Cannon has shown bias in throwing out Trump’s classified documents case and must be replaced if the appeals court overturns her d...