Article: Pennsylvania Nursing Homes, Union Unite to Support Proposed Tax.

By Pamela C. Turfa, The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 16--In a historic show of cooperation, the association of Pennsylvania nursing homes and the state's largest health-care union are urging lawmakers to approve a tax on nursing homes.

The assessment would make the state eligible for increased federal funding.

The additional federal dollars would, in turn, prevent a 7.6 percent cut in state funding of nursing homes.

That's why passage of the proposed assessment is the "clear choice," said Alan Rosenbloom of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association and Thomas V. De Bruin of District ...

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