Thread by @JuddLegum, 1. Tens of thousands of nursing home residents are dying of COVID-19In [...]

1. Tens of thousands of nursing home residents are dying of COVID-19

In response, the nursing home industry has launched a multi-million dollar lobbying campaign to acquire legal immunity against residents

AND IT'S WORKING https://popular.info/p/legal-immunity-from-grandma

Legal immunity from grandma

In California, at least 1,434 nursing home residents have died from COVID-19 — 38% of the total fatalities across the state. The actual number is likely higher. Only about 80% of the state's 1,100...

2. COVID-19 did not create the problems at nursing homes. It exposed them.

The GAO found that between 2013 and 2017, 82% of the nation's 15,000 nursing homes had "an infection prevention and control deficiency cited in one or more years."

https://popular.info/p/legal-immunity-from-grandma

3. The nursing home industry "has spent more than $4M on lobbying over the past year, employing more than a dozen full-time lobbyists."

It recently hired "Brian Ballard, former lobbyist for President Donald Trump"

16 states have granted them immunity https://popular.info/p/legal-immunity-from-grandma

Legal immunity from grandma

In California, at least 1,434 nursing home residents have died from COVID-19 — 38% of the total fatalities across the state. The actual number is likely higher. Only about 80% of the state's 1,100...

4. The nursing home industry is now focused on California. Governor @GavinNewsom is expected to decide soon whether to issue an executive order giving them what they want

1,434 nursing home residents have died from COVID-19 in California https://popular.info/p/legal-immunity-from-grandma

Legal immunity from grandma

In California, at least 1,434 nursing home residents have died from COVID-19 — 38% of the total fatalities across the state. The actual number is likely higher. Only about 80% of the state's 1,100...

5. One issue is that nursing home staff is severely underpaid, often making little more than minimum wage.

This forces many to work at multiple facilities, a practice that now spreads the virus

Granting immunity will likely prompt more cost cutting https://popular.info/p/legal-immunity-from-grandma

Legal immunity from grandma

In California, at least 1,434 nursing home residents have died from COVID-19 — 38% of the total fatalities across the state. The actual number is likely higher. Only about 80% of the state's 1,100...

6. The problems in the nursing home industry have been exacerbated in recent years by private equity investment

Private equity firms have spent billions acquiring nursing homes, leading to "cost-cutting, declining quality of care & increasing violations" https://popular.info/p/legal-immunity-from-grandma

Legal immunity from grandma

In California, at least 1,434 nursing home residents have died from COVID-19 — 38% of the total fatalities across the state. The actual number is likely higher. Only about 80% of the state's 1,100...

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