A situation that started with a lawsuit alleging poor care at one of the agency's nursing homes has since snowballed into a monumental Supreme Court case that could eliminate legal rights for millions of vulnerable Americans.
Advocates spoke in front of HCC Board of Trustees demanding they withdraw their SCOTUS petition to ban private lawsuits over federal safety net programsLeaders of Marion County's public health agency took no action Tuesday to change course on a U.S. Supreme Court petition that could carry national consequences, even as prominent Democrats and disability rights advocates begged them to withdraw the case.
The agency has come under fire in recent weeks because of the petition. A situation that started with a lawsuit alleging poor care at one of the agency's nursing homes has since snowballed into a monumental Supreme Court case that could eliminate legal rights for millions of vulnerable Americans. Liberal activists and advocates for low-income, elderly and disabled people have been sounding alarm bells about the case ever since the Supreme Court agreed to review it earlier this year. In recent weeks, elected officials with oversight responsibilities for Health & Hospital have joined that chorus, including Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and a majority of the Indianapolis City-County Council.
that Health & Hospital violated the state's open door law, which generally requires state agencies be transparent to the public about their actions."Quite frankly, I am embarrassed that the city and the state that I love, and the hospital corporation that I have supported, is at the forefront of this lawsuit," said Pryor.
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