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State, National Long Term Care Leaders: Florida Seniors' Care Quality, Facility Staffing Stability Jeopardized by Cumulative Negative Impact of New Medicaid, Medicare Cuts
Published in Patient Care Law Weekly, May 30th, 2010
Leaders from the Florida Health Care Association (FHCA), Huntington Place Care and Rehabilitation Center and the national Coalition to Protect Seniors Care (CPSC) joined together to warn that looming state Medicaid cuts of $199.5 million, in conjunction with federal Medicare cuts of nearly $27 billion passed in the just the past six months, mean that vulnerable Florida seniors and the facility staff who care for them are caught in a worsening cost squeeze that risks patient care quality and the jobs of the key frontline caregivers who make a key difference in patient outcomes.
"Florida's most vulnerable frail, elderly and disabled citizens face $199.5 million in new...
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