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A recent exposé in one state’s treatment of individuals with developmental disabilities highlights the flaws of our current health care system. While 40 states and the District of Columbia have over the past decade expanded Medicaid to include able-bodied adults under Obamacare, some of society’s most vulnerable have suffered — and died — due to negligence at the hands of a system that should place a greater priority on their care.
Incompetence and Neglect
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The analysis, conducted by a nonprofit media outlet in Missouri, examined the recent treatment of those with developmental disabilities. The statistics alone proved bracing.
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