
What We're Reading: Nursing Home Staffing Concerns; Dark Money in Anti-ACA Push; Medicare for All Costs
Medicare has lowered its star ratings for staffing levels in 1 out of 11 nursing homes; the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has donated to a lobbying group running a "dark money" campaign in favor of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act; a libertarian policy center funded by the conservative Koch brothers found that Senator Bernie Sanders's Medicare for All plan would cost $32.6 trillion over 10 years.
Medicare Star Ratings Fall for 1400 Nursing Homes
Medicare has lowered its star ratings for staffing levels in 1 out of 11 nursing homes—about 1400 of them—because they were either inadequately staffed with registered nurses or failed to provide payroll data that proved they had the required nursing coverage,
PhRMA Funds Lobbying Group Behind Push to Repeal ACA
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, better known as PhRMA, is funding a lobbying group running a dark money campaign in favor of repealing and replacing the ACA,
Price Tag of Sander's Medicare for All: $32.6 Trillion, Analysis Says
A libertarian policy center funded by the conservative Koch brothers found that Senator Bernie Sanders's Medicare for All plan would cost $32.6 trillion over 10 years, according to
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