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Johnson Moves Nursing Home Bill
The State House has unanimously passed a bill sponsored by State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson to better inform and protect residents and prospective residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities from potential conflicts of interest in their treatment. The measure, HB 309, which passed 193-0, would mandate that attending or primary-care physicians at nursing or assisted-living facilities must inform current or prospective residents, their family and legal guardian
about any financial interest the physician has in the care facility. Currently, such disclosure is not required. "My bill would provide a shield to fend off a doctor who may be tempted to put treatment of a patient in a nursing home or assisted living center secondary to any financial interest they may have in the facility," Johnson said. "The bottom line must be the welfare of the patient, not the welfare of a physician's financial investment.”
Egging Them On Along The Avenue IN A MERRY DRY RUN for Easter, E. Passyunk Avenue B.I.D. staged an Easter Egg Hunt at Passyunk & McKean last Saturday. The Easter Bunny welcomed hundreds of children and parents to a lawn strewn with plastic eggs stuffed with goodies.
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April 2, 2009
by Tony West A South Philadelphia Business Improvement District is coming up for renewal in City Council this month. Some of its merchants and property owners say it’s time to bid it adieu instead. The E. Passyunk Avenue BID provides cleaning and promotional activities along a 10-block strip of that mixed commercial corridor from Washington Avenue to Broad Street. It is fueled by a 20% surcharge on streetfront properties’ real-estate taxes. (Cont. Page 27)
TOP: E. PASSYUNK businessman George Pasquarello says his Business Improvement District taxes him yet hasn’t helped business. BOTTOM: WORKMAN for Citizens’ Alliance for Better Neighborhoods steam-cleans sidewalk in front of Mia boutique.
Fox Joins New Union
by Tony West A union that is placed in strategic industries was rent apart last recently when 150,000 workers seceded from UNITE HERE to form a new body, Workers United. Leading the secession was UNITE HERE’s Philadelphia Joint Board head Lynne Fox, who became one of the two executive VPs of the new union. The entire 9,000 membership of UNITE HERE followed her, along with strong contingents from New York, California and the Midwest. “We thought it would be appropri-
ate to hold our founding convention in the city where liberty was born,” Fox stated boldly in the Sheraton City Center Hotel, shortly before the cli(Cont. Page 35)
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