Warren, Schakowsky attack nursing home groups for opposing minimum staffing rule
Two Democratic members of Congress sharply criticized two national organizations' opposition to new minimum staffing requirements at virtually every nursing home in the United States, calling it an attempt at…
Congress takes aim at White House nursing home staffing quotas
A fight over the White House plan to mandate minimum staffing levels in nursing homes is escalating as the Biden administration tries to fend off challenges in Congress and in…
The nursing home industry is suing the Biden administration over the staffing rule
An industry lawsuit is urging a federal court to strike down the Biden administration's new mandatory minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes, arguing that the federal Medicare agency has overstepped…
Republicans in the House of Representatives are introducing a measure to undo the staffing rule for nursing homes
Republicans in the House of Representatives have introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Biden administration's minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. Under the requirements unveiled last month,…
Can a Nursing Home Take Over Our IRA? We have a $100,000 IRA and a trust to protect our assets
How do we protect our IRA from the nursing home? My wife and I are elderly. I have an individual retirement account (IRA) worth about $100,000, and we set up…
Lawmakers are pushing nursing home chains for corporate spending amid battle over personnel rules
Democrats in Congress demanded information on operating expenses from the operators of three of the nation's largest for-profit public nursing homes after the companies said they could not afford the…
Comptroller's audit says the state has work to do on nursing homes
New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released a report Wednesday criticizing the state's progress in addressing pandemic problems in nursing homes. It is in response to an initial audit in…
House subcommittee subpoenas Cuomo over COVID nursing homes
The U.S. House of Representatives select subcommittee investigating the COVID-19 pandemic has subpoenaed former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to provide testimony on his administration's handling of nursing homes during…
New challenges for nursing homes after COVID
Leonard Kahn finds ways to stay active. Recently it has become karaoke. “Even though I'm Jewish, I want to sing 'Ave Maria,'” he told us last week. What you need…
Can a nursing home take our savings? We have a $500,000 Roth IRA and a trust to protect us.
A retired couple examines their options for paying for long-term care. Can a nursing home seize your savings? What if your money is in a trust or a Roth IRA?…
