Understaffing has become an epidemic in American workplaces of all kinds.
nursing homes
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Mass Deportations Are Worsening the Caregiving Crisis
The loss of staff in the direct care industry threatens the lives of the elderly and people with disabilities.
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House Republicans Unite Around Sweeping Medicaid Cuts
The health care section of the GOP mega-bill has advanced to the House floor, bringing millions of Americans one step closer to losing their health insurance.
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Medicaid Cuts in Republican Bill Would Charge Poor People More for Coverage
The cost-sharing requirements on beneficiaries above the federal poverty line is the most notable item in a menu of Medicaid cuts seen by the Prospect.
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Private Equity Vultures Descend on Care Facilities for the Disabled
A new report chronicles ten years of consolidation.
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The Final Boss of Our Medical Misery
Some health care problems, like Luigi Mangione’s excruciating back pain, are complex and mysterious. But the ultimate villain is pretty straightforward.
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Saving Wisconsin’s Publicly Owned Nursing Homes
In Wisconsin, where many nursing homes are county-owned and locally prized, an emblematic privatization battle illustrates the latent progressivism of rural people.
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From the Folks Who Brought You the Death Panel Algorithm
Three executives from an AI ploy to deny health care to seniors are buying a troubled mega-practice from the bankrupt Steward Health. What could go wrong?
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The Assassin Amid the Undesirables
On the abiding despair of the failed Trump assassin’s post-COVID, private equity–looted nursing home
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Our Workforce Needs More Immigrants
Today on TAP: Can Biden link good economics with good politics?