The U.S. assisted-living industry faced scrutiny Thursday from a bipartisan group of lawmakers who pressed for answers about low staffing, high costs and a lack of transparency surrounding poor care and the preventable deaths of elderly people with dementia walking away unnoticed from facilities.
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Updated draft regulations would eliminate the minimum penalty of $300 per day for nursing homes found not to be in compliance with the law, a change the state made after