President Obama will be unveiling a multi-pronged plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration policy, possibly later today. Its most controversial component — a reprieve for the millions who face deportation — could also deliver a huge payoff to senior living operators.
A prominent long-term care consumer advocacy group hailed a recent executive order banning certain government contractors from using arbitration agreements, saying this is a step toward eliminating these agreements in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
I can say with a straight face that I’m not a complete stranger to the battle over decent living wages.
I got together with a few friends last weekend, and one of them mentioned she had volunteered in a nursing home during high school. She shared one of her vivid memories, of a certain resident who was sweet as pie with the white volunteers, but who scowled and cursed — in Spanish (her native language) — at a volunteer from India.
With deficit reduction all the rage in Washington, the central question remains: Where might funding cuts and revenue streams come from? Medicare is clearly in the crosshairs, continuing to make providers anxious as deficit reduction talks stretched into the weekend.
While Mitt Romney advocates $810 billion in Medicaid cuts over the next decade, President Obama’s plan would cost taxpayers an additional $642 billion over the same period. The president’s plan would also add millions of people as Medicaid beneficiaries.
The Obama Administration has one month to issue a report detailing whether Medicare providers will see 2% across-the-board cuts based on legislation signed by the president Tuesday.
The Obama Administration is pushing the Senate Democrats to hold a confirmation hearing for Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, according to news reports.
Wealthy seniors should pay more in Medicare premiums, according to a brief from the conservative Heritage Foundation.
The $80 million President Obama designated to Alzheimer’s research could have more strings attached to it than previously thought, a key senator has said.
