The White House, some members of Congress and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are all pushing hard to pass nursing home reform legislation targeting “profiteering, cold-hearted” corporations who left many seniors vulnerable against COVID-19. Many of them died.
“It is up to Congress…to shine a bright light on the current practice, to reign them in, and strictly enforce high standards for performance,” U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) wrote to the chair of the House Oversight Committee. “It is Congress’s job to stand in-between greedy corporations and those who are the most defenseless,” he said.
Help appears to be on the way. The White House is reportedly getting ready to use executive authority to tighten industry regulations. The proposals include setting the first nationwide minimum staffing requirements and expanding regulatory authority to crack down on corporate owners with a poor track record.
