Nursing home operators are pushing Congress to block a new rule ensuring adequate staffing for patients. The rule requires all nursing homes to: ✅ Provide at least 3.48 hrs of nursing care per resident per day ✅ Have a registered nurse available 24/7 www.epi.org/blog/for-pro... 🧵1/3
Opposition to a new nursing home staffing standard has come to a boil with owners seeking to overturn the rule via a Congressional Review Act resolution, a “salted earth” strategy that would prevent t...
One of the nation’s biggest nursing home trade groups is fighting these needed changes, and are now asking Congress to overturn the rule. They claim that a "worker shortage" is preventing them from meeting the new staffing standard, but our analysis shows that isn't true. 🧵 2/3