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Title: Nursing Home Industry Unleashes Scathing Advert Decrying Governor Kasich's Proposed Cuts
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clevelandleader.com
URL Source: http://www.clevelandleader.com/taxonomy/term/13
Published: May 15, 2011
Author: Eugene McCormick
Post Date: 2011-05-15 12:25:50 by Ferret Mike
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Views: 7082
Comments: 70
Remember when the Republicans were talking about "death panels" during the national health care debate last year? That seems to be the message of what the Ohio Health Care Association is depicting in their new television advertisements that have been popping up around the dial in response to gutting skilled nursing care, aka nursing homes, by $470 Million dollars. The scary thing about it though, is if the cuts do come, not only jobs will be lost but likely lives as well as senior citizens will need to find new options for long-term health care. With the loss in funding, facilities such as Metro Health Center for Skilled Nursing Facility here in Cleveland would either close or services down to a bare minimum level. Laughably, Kasich says he is being bullied by the group telling the Plain Dealer: If there is someone who knows a thing or two about bullying, it is Kasich himself who famously said following his election. 
"For them to get their way would continue a precedent of bullying, intimidation and the power of special interests in our state."
"We need you on the bus, and if you're not on the bus, we will run over you with the bus. And I'm not kidding.".
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#35. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
More Liberal horseshit, tell the lie enough people will believe it..... "MOST" nursing homes are owned by private individuals, religious organizations and major corporations..... ("NOT" state or county owned and operated....) Those homes do make a profit, if not then they are shut down..... "MOST" inhabitants of those nursing homes are private pay or insurance pay.... "MOST" facilities only take a certain percentage of Medicaid (State paid) patients.... WHY?? Because they owners of the nursing homes can only charge so much for those patients.... (I.E. less profit than private pay patients....) Ohio spends more per person on nursing home care than all but five states. Ohio has more nursing homes than all but two states. So what they are claiming is false, because the State does not fund that many facilities...... "MOST" of what the State pays out is for the Medicaid patients.....
John Kasich will be the first Ohio governor in a generation to forgo the secure confines of the state-owned Governor's Residence in Bexley in favor of his private residence, which means taxpayers will pay for security improvements at Kasich's home near Westerville. The size of that bill, however, might never be known publicly. Kasich's spokesman refused to discuss security arrangements for the future governor, his wife and two daughters. The State Highway Patrol, which is responsible for guarding the governor and his family, also won't comment on the cost of upgrading Kasich's home. Kasich's 4,400-square-foot home sits amid 10 acres in Genoa Township near Hoover Reservoir. The Delaware County auditor valued the property at $759,500 in 2008. In addition to providing around-the-clock security at the Kasich home, including a checkpoint to restrict access to the gravel road leading to the property, the patrol will continue to guard the official residence in Bexley. Kasich has said he'll use the state-owned home for ceremonial functions. Lt. Gary Lewis, a patrol spokesman, said money for the improvements to Kasich's property will come out of a $6.4 million fund earmarked for security and investigations, including the governor's patrol guards. "We will utilize those resources from that fund to do what we're statutorily authorized to do," Lewis said, suggesting that the security enhancements could be absorbed within the existing budget. Later, however, Lewis said the patrol might need to request additional money to cover the costs. http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/01/02/copy/security-upgrade-price-tag-withheld.html?sid=101 Grandma and Grandpa are either going to have to tighten their belts where these austerity measures will apply, but hey, at least they pay enough to allow this governor's home to be upgraded with all the modern security measures money can buy. Guess if he pisses off enough Ohioans, he'll need this added security.
#39. To: Ferret Mike (#37)
I haven't heard anybody complain about him yet, everybody I know thinks he's doing the right thing...... Guess the Liberals don't though...... LOL.... As far as the "SUPPOSED" TV ads go, haven't seen one yet.....
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestThat seems to be the message of what the Ohio Health Care Association is depicting in their new television advertisements that have been popping up around the dial in response to gutting skilled nursing care, aka nursing homes, by $470 Million dollars.
#37. To: CZ82 (#35)
Cost of security upgrade at Kasich's home withheld
Replies to Comment # 37. Guess if he pisses off enough Ohioans, he'll need this added security.
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