The financial failure of the Rosewood Care Centers underscored gaps in the oversight of a program that insures $20 billion in mortgages to more than 2,300 nursing homes. Source: NYT > Business – Matthew Goldstein
Medicare for All? For More? Here’s How Medicare Works
As Democrats embrace the idea of expanding the federal health insurance program, we looked at what it covers and costs. It’s far from “free.” Source: NYT > Business – Abby Goodnough
Medicare for All? For More? Here’s How Medicare Works.
As Democrats embrace the idea of expanding the federal health insurance program, we looked at what it covers and costs. It’s far from “free.” Source: NYT > Business – Abby Goodnough
Dozens of Nursing Homes With HUD-Backed Mortgages Have ‘Serious Deficiencies’
A list of the most troubled nursing homes in the country includes 74 with mortgages insured by a federal government agency that stopped inspecting such homes several years ago. Source: NYT > Business – Matthew Goldstein and Robert Gebeloff
The Elderly Are Getting Complex Surgeries. Often It Doesn’t End Well.
Complication rates are high among the oldest patients. Now a surgeons’ group will propose standards for hospitals operating on the elderly. Source: NYT > Business – Paula Span
A Nursing Home Chain’s Collapse Leaves the Government on the Hook
The failure of the Rosewood Care Centers is the biggest default in the history of a little-known program that underpins 15 percent of the nation’s nursing homes. Source: NYT > Business – Matthew Goldstein