The For-Profit Nursing Home Scam
Private equity–owned nursing home facilities across the country are poaching government funds that should be used to increase staffing levels and pay workers more to line their owners’ pockets.
Merrill Goozner, editor and publisher of GoozNews, is the former editor of Modern Healthcare. He previously served as a foreign, national, and chief economics correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.
Private equity–owned nursing home facilities across the country are poaching government funds that should be used to increase staffing levels and pay workers more to line their owners’ pockets.
The Affordable Care Act’s requirement that private health care insurance plans cover preventive services at no cost is in danger of being rescinded.