“BREAKING: It’s official: Nursing homes must vaccinate employees or lose Medicaid, Medicare funding,” by Danielle Brown, McKnight’s LTC News
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“President Joe Biden announced late Wednesday afternoon that U.S. nursing homes must use workers vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing vital Medicare and Medicaid funding. Overall nursing home staff vaccination rates have lagged around 60%, with many far below that, according to federal statistics. This, despite nursing homes being the deadliest places affiliated with COVID-19, accounting for approximately one-third of all coronavirus deaths in the U.S. …The administration edict carries powerful implications for providers. About 60% of all nursing home care is paid for by Medicaid, with about 20% more by Medicare.”
LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:
Justified my emergency or not this is another scary expansion of government control and restriction of personal freedom among many such expansions and restrictions recently.
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