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http://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-nursing-home-arbitration-20170822-story.html

profile issues when Congress returns from a monthlong recess Sept. 5.But Democratic lawmakers and consumer advocates already have served notice that theyre also going to keep a spotlight on protecting peoples right to sue nursing homes for neglect or abuse of elderly patients.The Trump administration, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, announced in June its intent to roll back legal rights for consumers put in place under the Obama administration.Those rights include prohibiting any nursing home that receives federal funding which is most of them from requiring that disputes be addressed through mandatory arbitration rather than the legal...