Keeping Ahead of the Cynical Curve
No matter how cynical I get, it’s hard to keep up.
Today I got to see how my Medicare dollars are being re-routed to Ted Cruz. Ted’s SuperPac, ironically named Stand for Truth, revealed on Sunday night that they had raised $2.5 million.
A hunk of that money came from one family and it’s a family who had never been large political donors before. The Petras family owns assisted living facilities all across the country.
Tax cuts for the rich are a glorious thing and spending a little money to keep a bunch of money is just how business is done.
But in this case, I suspect that they would like to see HHS oversight of assisted living facilities eliminated, reduced to the barest possible minimum , or, horrors, turned over to the states.
So, if you want grandma in an assisted living facility with no oversight, Ted’s your guy! Make American Filthy Again!
Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.
And none of their facilities are in Texas as far as I can see. Not under Lamplight or Platinum brand names. I guess they plan on expanding once Ted is President and all oversight is lifted.
1Hmm.
2These facilities charge a bundle and don’t pay CNA/caregiver staff enough. And don’t give them benefits, or if they do, they don’t give them enough hours so that they qualify for benefits.
And the work is difficult, physically demanding and not for the weak of stomach.
3Quick check to make sure they don’t own the nice one I’m steering my mother towards… nope.
4Hey, I am getting closer and closer all the time to such habitation! However, I am determined to have as much fun on my own before I absolutely have to go some place where I can be totally ignored.
5Hey, now…. it’s for Teddy Who-Would-Jesus-Screw Cruz. So….
6Aint it great to be KKKristian!
7They specialize in Medicare/Medicaid residents and seem to fill vacancies with the homeless and mentally ill. Little money is spent on improvements and the administrative staff is useless. Definitely do not send Granny there!
8At least in this country we have nursing homes that are staffed by a nurse or two maybe even a doctor once a month. In russia in my home city the local home is staffed by volunteers, narcotic medicine is completely illegal unless in a state ran hospital which means you are dead already and don’t need any pain relief. It is so funny the complaints some have. I was thrilled when I got accepted to graduate school then got married.. wink wink! Now in Palo alto
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