Posted on Sep 21, 2015
Disabled veterans in flux while nursing home exception is considered
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Did you hear that Disabled veterans in flux while nursing home exception is considered?
Did you hear that Disabled veterans in flux while nursing home exception is considered?
RP Members what do you think will happen to these veterans? How could this affect other nursing home veterans outside of Texas?
Disabled veterans living in private nursing home facilities could be forced to move if their centers choose not to renew their contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, unless a federal bill that reclassifies nursing-home or adult-care facility contracts is approved.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order in 2014 that mandated any companies with new or renewed federal contracts signed after January 2015 pay their employees at least $10.10 per hour.
Without contracts, the Veterans Affairs department can’t pay a nursing home for services and many veterans cannot afford the high price tag of extended care, officials said.
Did you hear that Disabled veterans in flux while nursing home exception is considered?
RP Members what do you think will happen to these veterans? How could this affect other nursing home veterans outside of Texas?
Disabled veterans living in private nursing home facilities could be forced to move if their centers choose not to renew their contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, unless a federal bill that reclassifies nursing-home or adult-care facility contracts is approved.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order in 2014 that mandated any companies with new or renewed federal contracts signed after January 2015 pay their employees at least $10.10 per hour.
Without contracts, the Veterans Affairs department can’t pay a nursing home for services and many veterans cannot afford the high price tag of extended care, officials said.
Disabled veterans in flux while nursing home exception is considered
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There are state veteran's homes in all states, and all enlisted personnel pay into those homes. BUT - there are not enough beds in these homes to accommodate all the veterans in need of services. Ditto at VAMC's. This is why private SNF beds are needed. This is a crisis in the making...
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As long as the care they are getting is acceptable, and VA is covering the costs...
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Sir, great but sad post. With the .50 that the government took from us to support the Soldiers Homes, is ALL of that money accounted for in those? If not, could some of those funds be used to offset the balance so that these vets could be taken care of properly, OR facilities made that could support them and their needs at government expense? We have a load of excess former installations and parts of current ones not being used to their potential. Why not use them? Personally I wouldn't want to uproot these ladies and gents, but if it'll make their lives easier, why not?
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