Fairness for Grandpa

On Thursday the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will be meeting in Washington to discuss the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act.

Arbitration is a great way for corporations – in this case nursing homes – to get away with wrongdoing and never be held accountable in a court of law.  Listen to this NPR story that focuses on arbitration in credit card contracts, and makes the same point.

Thursday's bill, S.2838 was written to eliminate the growing practice by nursing homes requiring patients to give up their right to trial by jury as a condition for their admittance to a facility.