NEW: Courts Appoint Special Counsel to Oversee Reform of New York’s Troubled Guardianship System

Judicial leaders in #NewYork created two new oversight positions as they work to reform the state’s guardianship system.

The personnel additions follow a ProPublica investigation that spotlighted lax monitoring of court-appointed guardians.

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New York Bolsters Oversight of Court-Appointed Guardians

Judicial leaders in New York created two new oversight positions as they work to reform the state’s guardianship system. The personnel additions follow a ProPublica investigation that spotlighted lax monitoring of court-appointed guardians.

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State Regulators Know #Health #Insurance Directories Are Full of Wrong Information. They’re Doing Little to Fix It.
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Health insurance experts said that, unless agencies can crack down and issue bigger fines, insurers will keep selling error-ridden plans.

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Why Health Insurance Regulators Have Failed to Curb Ghost Networks

State agencies say they’re holding insurers accountable for errors in provider directories. But ProPublica found that the actual actions taken so far do not match the regulators’ rhetoric.

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Via Marc Elias:

🚨BREAKING: #NewYork high court unanimously UPHOLDS new absentee ballot laws against Republican legal challenge. A big win for NY voters and a third straight victory for the DCCC and ELG Partner Aria Branch!

Here in #RochesterNY suffragist Susan B. Anthony’s home / museum is a polling place, and they place a transparent cover over her grave so people can place their “I voted” stickers in her honor.

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