A new analysis finds that a pending health care reform bill, combined with Medicare cuts already announced, would hit nursing homes in California and Florida the hardest.
The House bill, combined with recently enacted Medicare cuts for nursing home care totaling $44 billion over 10 years, would reduce funding for nursing and rehabilitative care centers by more than $1 billion in each of 15 states, according to the analysis by the American Health Care Association, Washington.
The bill, HR 3200, The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, would also endanger the jobs of more than 50,000 caregivers nationwide, the analysis finds.
