Not content to just gut spending on education during the last legislative session, the GOP controlled state government also cut so deeply into Medicaid and Medicare funding that rest homes are closing, leaving elderly patients and their families scrambling to find care. And, there's more cuts coming if the current Lege doesn't restore funding, an unlikely event.
Of course, state subsidies and tax breaks for corporations go right on unabated.
Screw the old and infirm. They should have planned better, huh?
1:01 am - January 17, 2013 Updated: 1:01 am - January 17, 2013
Gunters Hilltop Haven closing doors March 16
"...The decision to close Hilltop Haven, Scott said, came after significant, on-going financial losses. She explained, the Gunter facility gets much of its revenue from Medicaid, and recent cuts have decreased that funding..."
http://heralddemocrat.com/sections/news/local/gunters-hilltop-haven-closing-doors-march-16.html
THCA: House and Senate Budget Blueprints Shortchange Texas Seniors' Nursing Home Care, Ignore Last Session's $58 Million Medicaid Cut, Disregard Ongoing Budget Chaos In Washington
Published: Tuesday, 15 Jan 2013 | 1:43 PM ET
"AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the wake of Texas' nursing homes already scrambling to absorb $58 million in Medicaid cuts from the 82nd legislative session, $234 million in 2012 Medicare cuts with the threat of more in 2013, and nearly $1 billion in cumulative state underfunding according to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) said the budget blueprints put out by the House and Senate shortchange the rising care needs of Texas' oldest, most vulnerable citizens..."
THCA: House and Senate Budget Blueprints Shortchange Texas Seniors' Nursing Home Care, Ignore Last Session's $58 Million Medicaid Cut, Disregard Ongoing Budget Chaos In Washington
Of course, state subsidies and tax breaks for corporations go right on unabated.
Screw the old and infirm. They should have planned better, huh?
1:01 am - January 17, 2013 Updated: 1:01 am - January 17, 2013
Gunters Hilltop Haven closing doors March 16
"...The decision to close Hilltop Haven, Scott said, came after significant, on-going financial losses. She explained, the Gunter facility gets much of its revenue from Medicaid, and recent cuts have decreased that funding..."
http://heralddemocrat.com/sections/news/local/gunters-hilltop-haven-closing-doors-march-16.html
THCA: House and Senate Budget Blueprints Shortchange Texas Seniors' Nursing Home Care, Ignore Last Session's $58 Million Medicaid Cut, Disregard Ongoing Budget Chaos In Washington
Published: Tuesday, 15 Jan 2013 | 1:43 PM ET
"AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the wake of Texas' nursing homes already scrambling to absorb $58 million in Medicaid cuts from the 82nd legislative session, $234 million in 2012 Medicare cuts with the threat of more in 2013, and nearly $1 billion in cumulative state underfunding according to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) said the budget blueprints put out by the House and Senate shortchange the rising care needs of Texas' oldest, most vulnerable citizens..."
THCA: House and Senate Budget Blueprints Shortchange Texas Seniors' Nursing Home Care, Ignore Last Session's $58 Million Medicaid Cut, Disregard Ongoing Budget Chaos In Washington