Article: NURSING HOMES FINALLY GET CLOSER LOOK.(Editorial)(Column)

Byline: Ann McFeatters Scripps Howard News Service

There's something infuriating about President Clinton's ``crackdown'' on deplorable conditions in some nursing homes, promising surprise inspections to catch abuses.

Less than two years ago his administration was proposing fewer inspections as a way to save money (while Democrats took thousands from the nursing home industry in campaign contributions). The public uproar forced the White House to back off.

Then Clinton supported a change in Medicaid so that nursing homes now claim they are reimbursed less than it costs to support an indigent patient.

Clinton has helped to prevent ...

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