State Supported Living Centers, previously known as State Schools, have become an increasingly ineffective and inefficient means of delivery of care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This paper examines the problems occurring at these living centers and makes recommendations for improving care while reducing costs.
Health Care
How Tinslee’s Story Helped Change Texas’s 10-Day Rule
In 2019, a mother faced a heart-wrenching dilemma. According to the letter she held in her hand, she had to find another hospital willing to treat her infant daughter, Tinslee Lewis, within 10 days—or Tinslee was going to die. This dilemma arose because the intensity of Tinslee’s treatment and unfavorable prognosis from Cook Children’s Medical...
October 11, 2023