Ex-nursing home worker allegedly had 3 elderly victims 18 years ago

By Lawrence Budd

Investigators and prosecutors haven’t said what led them to rape charges against a former Dayton nursing home worker accused this month of raping a non-verbal, bed-ridden Mason nursing home patient more than 18 years ago.

However, new court documents obtained by the Dayton Daily News allege the accused man told his girlfriend he committed the same crimes against two other women during the same time period.

Man recovering from 47-vehicle pileup now battling insurance company

By Matt Flener

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. —

A Platte City man critically hurt in a 47-vehicle pileup on Interstate 70 near Oak Grove last month is now involved in an ongoing dispute with his health insurance provider…

Henderson’s family said at least five doctors at Centerpoint have recommended moving him to a long-term acute care hospital, but his insurance provider Coventry Health Care, an Aetna Company, has denied the move.

In scathing ruling, judge rips insurer for putting 'bottom line' over patients' health

By Wayne Drash, CNN

In a scathing decision, a federal judge blasted a subsidiary of the nation's largest insurance company for focusing on the "bottom line as much or more" than patients' health, saying the insurer illegally denied treatment to thousands of people. The judge also slammed the company's medical directors for being "deceptive" under oath.