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Three Times More Deaths Occur on Suburban Roads Than City Streets

A recent study by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reveals that speeding-related fatalities were three times higher on local roads than on highways. According to the data collected, high speed limits on rural roads […]

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Evaluating Long-Term Care Services in Wisconsin

Several organizations collaborated to produce the Long-Term Services & Supports State Scorecard (LTSS), which essentially assigns ratings to each state based on the quality of long-term care services. The goal of the scorecard is to […]

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Worker Shortage Plagues Long-Term Care Industry

A recent article in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News warns of a potential worker shortage in the long-term care industry to low wages and a lack of respect for direct-care workers. According to one expert, by […]

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Roadside Construction and Motor Vehicle Crashes

According to data from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, crashes in construction zones have sharply increased in recent years. From 2011 to 2016, there was roughly a 60% increase in the number of car accidents […]

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What is the Statute of Limitations for a Wisconsin Personal Injury Case?

If you are injured in a personal injury case, you cannot wait ten years to file a claim against a person who negligently caused the accident. This would lead to many more personal injury cases […]

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Car Accidents and PTSD

Studies published in the journal American Family Physician indicate that since the Vietnam war, car accidents have become the leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is an anxiety disorder that occurs when a […]

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Survey Ranks States According to ‘Nice Driver’ Rates

Kars 4 Kids recently launched a courteous driving campaign entitled #DriveHuman. The purpose of the campaign is make roads safer for drivers and passengers by discouraging bad driving behaviors that also are hazardous for everyone […]

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Medicare’s Observation Care Policy

The results of a recent study shows that low-income Medicare patients are often kept in the hospital for longer periods of time without being officially admitted than wealthier Medicare patients. Medicare requires that a patient […]

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What is the Difference Between Economic and Noneconomic Damages?

Both economic and noneconomic damages are at issue in personal injury cases. Whether injuries result from a motor vehicle accident, a slip and fall accident, or other some type of incident, an individual whose negligent […]

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What Are Medicaid Per Capita Caps and How Will They Affect Me?

Medicaid per capita caps are a feature of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which is a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in May. Although the AHCA is far from becoming law, […]

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