Word: substandard
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...findings, published yesterday in the journal Neurology, indicate that uninsured patients were nearly twice as likely as the privately insured to receive substandard treatment for migraines...
Medicaid enrollees were 50 percent more likely to get substandard care, and the researchers suggest that access to some forms of insurance does not necessarily translate into adequate care...
Roughly 12 percent of Americans suffer from migraines, and about 45.7 million are currently uninsured, leaving a substantial portion of the country vulnerable to substandard migraine treatment...
...Sichuan earthquake, which many parents blamed on school buildings that were built shoddily because of official corruption. While the subversion charges against Tan included his earthquake activism, he was convicted only for his commentary on the Tiananmen crackdown. Pu Zhiqiang, a lawyer for Tan, says the issue of substandard schools was too sensitive for the Chengdu court. "A lot of government officials won't be safe if people start to ask questions about this, so the court only mentioned the least harmful reason in the ruling," says Pu. "They want to divert attention." Tan has appealed his conviction, writing simply...
...occurred before the earthquake. Grieving parents who protested over the deaths of their children in collapsed schools were silenced by payments and by threats of punishment if they continued their agitation. Officials have declared that the extent of the destruction was due to the intensity of the temblor, not substandard buildings. But the government has taken a hard line on misuse of rebuilding funds, and a handful of people have been punished. While the size of rebuilding efforts means that there will inevitably be some graft, the extent of official and unofficial scrutiny means it is one of the riskier...