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AARP ILLINOIS GIVES GO-AHEAD FOR PASSAGE OF NURSING HOME OVERHAUL

Let’s be honest, long-term care was due for a revamp long before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.

Now, with the approval of the AARP-backed bill, nursing homes are going to see hundreds of millions of dollars going toward quality of care and making sure staff are fairly compensated.

“Once signed, the bill will provide more than $700 million to Medicaid-funded nursing homes, as Medicaid covers roughly 60 percent of nursing home residents nationally. Much of that money is to be distributed based on nursing homes’ staffing levels, incentivizing short-staffed facilities to hire more workers.”

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