Long Term Care Providers Criticize Administration Budget, USA

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) and the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care (the Alliance) expressed great concern with the Administration's budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2008. If implemented, it would have serious and lasting repercussions on the nursing home care relied upon daily by 1.5 million frail, elderly and disabled citizens. The Administration's budget calls for more than $10 billion in cuts to Medicare funding for skilled nursing facility (SNF) care over five years.

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