Last year, an investigation by The Dallas Morning News exposed how the giant companies Texas pays to provide health insurance to extremely poor and disabled people were systematically skimping on care to boost profits. Days after “Pain & Profit” began publishing, Texas lawmakers launched official inquiries, millions of dollars were freed up to increase state oversight and about two dozen bills […]
Key Issues in Long-Term Services and Supports Quality
2017 marks the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Nursing Home Reform Act as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, the federal legislation that substantially strengthened federal standards, inspections and enforcement of nursing home quality. The Act also merged Medicare and Medicaid standards, required comprehensive assessments of residents, set minimal requirements for […]
The U.S. Is Running Out of Nurses
Five years ago, my mother was rushed to the hospital for an aneurysm. For the next two weeks, my family and I sat huddled around her bed in the intensive-care unit, oscillating between panic, fear, uncertainty, and exhaustion. It was nurses that got us through that time with our sanity intact. Nurses checked on my […]
Emigrating From the U.S. May Be the Only Way To Afford Eldercare
We laughed, but joking aside, agreed: Growing old—or falling ill—in the United States is not for the poor. The national median cost in the United States for a one-bedroom unit in an assisted living community is now $4,000 per month, or $48,000 per year. Alzheimer’s or dementia care increases that cost by an additional $1,200 […]
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