'Moreover, under the March 25 order, nursing homes weren’t allowed to test incoming patients for COVID-19. '
'Later, faced with tough questions about whether New York was undercounting coronavirus deaths in its nursing homes -- Cuomo launched his own in-house investigation. '
'When Medicaid became a major source of reimbursement for nursing homes in the 1970s, the industry responded by creating a strong lobbying operation to resist government oversight. '
'Noting that inspectors had cited nursing homes for poor infection control before the pandemic hit, advocates called for more inspections – and stiffer fines for those found to be substandard. '
'Just days later the governor pivoted: Cuomo announced that New York state nursing homes were required to readmit patients that had been sent to hospitals because they were infected with the coronavirus. '
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https://dontvis.it/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/09/10/nursing_home_scandal_undercuts_cuomos_covid_boasts_144163.html :
'Moreover, under the March 25 order, nursing homes weren’t allowed to test incoming patients for COVID-19. '
'Later, faced with tough questions about whether New York was undercounting coronavirus deaths in its nursing homes -- Cuomo launched his own in-house investigation. '
'When Medicaid became a major source of reimbursement for nursing homes in the 1970s, the industry responded by creating a strong lobbying operation to resist government oversight. '
'Noting that inspectors had cited nursing homes for poor infection control before the pandemic hit, advocates called for more inspections – and stiffer fines for those found to be substandard. '
'Just days later the governor pivoted: Cuomo announced that New York state nursing homes were required to readmit patients that had been sent to hospitals because they were infected with the coronavirus. '
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