For-profit nursing homes that care for mentally ill cost st

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For-profit nursing homes that care for mentally ill cost state $122M (The State Journal-Register)

CHICAGO — Illinois taxpayers spend more than $122 million a year to care for the mentally ill in privately run, for-profit nursing homes — a system largely rejected elsewhere over costs, concerns about residents’ rights and quality of care.