In this Issue
On June 18, the U.S.
A Reverse Mortgage is a type of loan for homeowners 62 years of age or older who have considerable equity in their houses.
The State of California recently asked a federal court to stop the implementation of new federal rules protecting health care providers who refuse to give treatment based on the providers’ religious beliefs or “conscience.” The State argues that “California laws carefully balance conscience protections with Californians’ right to full and equal access to healthcare” and cites the health care conscience law in our Probate Code as an example of this “balanced” approach. While the lawsuit against the feds may be worthwhile, California ought to be addressing its own poorly written health care conscience and medical futility laws that leave patients with virtually no protections from having their care denied or withdrawn.
On June 3, 2019, U.S. Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania released a report and a list of over 400 nursing homes that are candidates for the federal Special Focus Facility (SFF) program.
On February 1, 2019, the California Department of Public Health issued a Class AA citation to Long Beach Healthcare Center and fined it $100,000 for neglect that led to the death of a long-time resident on September 11, 2018.