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Article: Nursing homes finally get Clinton's attention
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 27, 1998
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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 new change in Medicaid so that, nursing
homes say, they are reimbursed less than it costs to support an
indigent patient.
Clinton has helped to prevent weakening of federal nursing home
standards but has not addressed the critical long-term care problem;
as the ...