CUTS WILL UNDO PROGRESS & BANKRUPT FACILITIES
Gov. Kelly Ayotte and Legislators Tried to Stand by Nursing Home Care in the Current State Budget
Nursing home caregivers and all the staff who support quality care -- activities professionals, dietary, housekeeping, and maintenance workers -- are everyday heroes. Gov. Kelly Ayotte and legislators tried to maintain progress for nursing home care, and added funding to better process Medicaid long-term care applications.
But it turns out not enough money was appropriated, and now nursing homes face huge care cuts on January 1 averaging $7.93 per resident, per day, but as much as $54.63 per resident, per day!
This is a recipe for BANKRUPTCY.
Health Care Finances Are Precarious, and State Cuts Would Collapse Care
Most nursing home residents have their care paid for by Medicaid. New Hampshire has the nation's second-oldest population, and facilities are already turning away residents because they cannot find enough staff -- cuts will prevent them from being able to pay the higher wages they have given the staff they already have, as well as pay other rising costs associated with care of our most vulnerable Granite Staters.