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...real-world prices. So in the U.S., raw sugar sells for about $22 a pound, more than double the price most of the world pays. The cost to Americans: at least $1.4 billion in the form of higher prices for candy, soda and other sweet things of life. A GAO study, moreover, has estimated that nearly half the subsidy goes to large sugar producers like the Fanjuls...
...spokesman for Flo-Sun, Jorge Dominicis, said the company disagrees with the GAO's estimate on the profits the Fanjuls and other growers derive from the program...
...coolly to Clinton's punitive tone, saying a "collaborative effort" is needed to solve the problems. "Enforcement activity alone is not the answer," said Paul Willging, executive vice president of the American Health Care Association. "In fact, a single-minded emphasis on enforcement will ultimately hurt quality." But the GAO report argues that many nursing homes have become dangerous places largely because they are understaffed--and underregulated. Nursing homes spend 2 out of every 3 dollars on payroll, so the most tempting way for them to increase profits is to cut personnel. And the Federal Government isn't halting this...
...Dina Rasor of the death certificates of all Californians who died in nursing homes from 1986 through 1993. In more than 7% of the cases, lack of food or water, untreated bedsores or infections were listed as a cause of death. This probe led Grassley to order the GAO to California to investigate. The GAO's medical review of 62 residents who died in trouble-prone California nursing homes showed that 34 of them received poor care that probably contributed to their demise. Applying the GAO's percentage of negligent California deaths to the nation's nursing-home population suggests...
Evidence like the GAO report is sure to encourage even more lawyers to file suits seeking damages for alleged wrongdoing by nursing homes. And if jurors keep awarding multimillion-dollar verdicts to grieving families, nursing homes could end up embracing stiffer rules and penalties as a way to deter such claims...