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'nursing home lobby'

What pandemic? The free swill is back for Arkansas legislators!

The pandemic pretty much suspended lobbyist wining-and-dining of the legislature in 2021, but the gravy train has resumed for this year's budget session.
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The Arkansas swamp: Jeff Wardlaw and nursing home magnates edition

Eric Besson of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has a fine article this morning from the murky depths of the Arkansas legislative swamp where lawmaking and corporate self-interest create a sludge impenetrably opaque to the casual observer. Let's filter the story about Rep. Jeff Wardlaw a bit:
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Nursing home lobby pours more into amendment to limit lawsuits

The Arkansas Health Care Association — the lobby group for the nursing home industry — reported Monday that it had put $250,000 more, for a total of $580,000 so far into the constitutional amendment to cap awards in damage lawsuits (negligence, malpractice, etc.) at $250,000 and cap attorney fees at a third of the award.

Financial report filed by group opposing amendment to limit damage lawsuits

The group formed to fight the nursing home lobby's effort to amend the constitution to discourage most lawsuits over neglect, abuse and malpractice reported today that it has raised $420,430.
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