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The Nursing Home Industry, Money and Politics. |
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4/9/2009 By: Steve Gold |
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| Information Bulletin #283 (4/09)
Ever wonder why Congress has not yet enacted the Community Choice Act, so people with disabilities on Medicaid would have a real choice to where they wish to liveb in the community or only in a nursing home? Ever think about why Congress has not wanted to save funds by eliminating the nursing home bias in Medicaid, since report after report shows it's cheaper in the community? Ever wonder why, with poll-after-poll showing overwhelmingly that senior citizens and people with disabilities want to live in the community and not in nursing facilities, but federal Medicaid still goes overwhelmingly for nursing homes? How about why even our friends in Congress do not seem to make enactment of the Community Choice their top priority. How about the following breakdown from www.maplight.org "Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection." Here is a list of U.S. Senators and House of Representatives who have received funds from the nursing home industry. Telephone your U.S. Senators and House of Representatives them and ask them if the money they received from the nursing home industry has anything to do with why the Community Choice Act has not yet been enacted? When they tell you they support the Community Choice Act or they are even cosponsors, ask them why it has not yet been enacted? When they tell you they really support the Community Choice Act, ask them will they refuse all future money from the nursing home industry and to return the amounts listed below. Recipient and Amount - John McCain $129,650 John Kerry $121,825 Max Baucus $ 78,800 John Boehner $ 77,850 Joseph Lieberman $ 75,600 Benjamin Cardin $ 66,350 Debbie Ann Stabenow $ 60,000 Steny Hoyer $ 57,600 Ron Wyden $ 55,000 Jim Gerlach $ 54,995 Mitch McConnell $ 54,050 Frank Pallone $ 50,500 Eric Cantor $ 50,150 Mike Ross $ 48,750 Blanche Lincoln $ 47,700 Nathan Deal $ 46,250 Lamar Alexander $ 46,100 Earl Pomeroy $ 46,000 Richard Shelby $ 45,500 Charles Rangel $ 45,000 Kent Conrad $ 44,880 Richard Burr $ 44,716 Roy Blunt $ 43,500 Christopher Van Hollen $ 43,500 Arlen Specter $ 42,950 Barton Gordon $ 40,300 Christopher Dodd $ 40,100 Robert Berry $ 37,600 Allyson Schwartz $ 36,050 Mel Martinez $ 35,050 Zach Wamp $ 34,700 James Barrett $ 34,000 C. Thompson $ 33,325 John Rockefeller $ 33,200 Charles Grassley $ 33,000 Paul Ryan $ 32,750 Virginia Brown-Waite $ 31,985 Richard Durbin $ 31,600 Susan Collins $ 31,500 Olympia Snowe $ 30,920 Jon Kyl $ 30,806 Shelley Capito $ 30,300 Stephen Buyer $ 30,000 Jim DeMint $ 30,000 Barbara Mikulski $ 29,100 Harry Reid $ 28,000 Tim Murphy $ 27,950 John Dingell $ 27,750 Roger Wicker $ 27,350 Xavier Becerra $ 26,500 Joe Barton $ 26,100 Joseph Pitts $ 26,000 John Shadegg $ 25,995 Mark Warner $ 25,925 Anna Eshoo $ 25,500 Greg Walden $ 24,800 Geoff Davis $ 24,731 James Marshall $ 24,700 Nancy Pelosi $ 24,500 Orrin Hatch $ 24,000 Bob Corker $ 23,300 Mark Pryor $ 23,300 John Shimkus $ 23,000 Mark Udall $ 22,850 David Camp $ 22,750 Lindsey Graham $ 22,500 Lois Capps $ 22,500 Robert Andrews $ 22,200 Pat Roberts $ 21,750 John Larson $ 21,500 George Radanovich $ 21,000 John Spratt $ 20,750 Evan Bayh $ 20,350 Melissa Bean $ 19,470 James Clyburn $ 19,250 Elijah Cummings $ 19,000 Thomas Harkin $ 19,000 Tim Johnson $ 18,500 Zachary Space $ 18,450 Ron Klein $ 18,000 James Langevin $ 17,500 David Obey $ 17,500 John Ensign $ 17,500 Mike Pence $ 17,400 Byron Dorgan $ 17,000 Patrick Kennedy $ 17,000 John Sullivan $ 16,864 Michael Arcuri $ 16,800 Artur Davis $ 16,750 Steve Kagen $ 16,450 John Boozman $ 16,300 John Lewis $ 16,250 Jason Altmire $ 16,000 Ralph Hall $ 15,500 Michael Rogers $ 15,500 John Yarmuth $ 15,400 Ben Nelson $ 15,350 Robert Casey $ 15,200 Shelley Berkley $ 15,000 Jerry Lewis $ 15,000 Patrick Tiberi $ 15,000 George Miller $ 15,000 Leonard Boswell $ 14,850 John Adler $ 14,800 Baron Hill $ 14,500 Jeff Bingaman $ 14,500 Stephanie Herseth Sandlin $ 14,200 Timothy Walz $ 14,000 Harry Mitchell $ 14,000 Jean Schmidt $ 13,800 Niki Tsongas $ 13,550 Fortney Stark $ 13,500 Henry Waxman $ 13,500 Kay Hagan $ 13,500 Tom Udall $ 13,430 John Boccieri $ 13,320 Lee Terry $ 13,200 Richard Lugar $ 13,000 Doris Matsui $ 13,000 Charles Schumer $ 13,000 Kirsten Gillibrand $ 13,000 Christopher Murphy $ 12,750 Michael Rogers $ 12,750 Jim Bunning $ 12,750 Edward Kennedy $ 12,750 Samuel Graves $ 12,500 Lincoln Davis $ 12,500 Mike Johanns $ 12,300 Rodney Alexander $ 12,050 Joe Courtney $ 12,000 Michael Burgess $ 12,000 Gabrielle Giffords $ 12,000 Jefferson Sessions $ 12,000 John Gingrey $ 11,800 Thomas Edwards $ 11,750 Christopher Bond $ 11,700 Barney Frank $ 11,500 Bill Nelson $ 11,050 Dianne Feinstein $ 11,000 John Barrow $ 11,000 Bobby Bright $ 10,850 Ciro Rodriguez $ 10,800 Janice Schakowsky $ 10,750 Victor Snyder $ 10,750 Charles Gonzalez $ 10,500 Sander Levin $ 10,500 Heath Shuler $ 10,500 Jo Ann Emerson $ 10,500 Judd Gregg $ 10,500 Tim Holden $ 10,250 John Reed $ 10,200 There are many others who received less than $10,000. Steve Gold, The Disability Odyssey continues Back issues of other Information Bulletins are available online at http://www.stevegoldada.com with a searchable Archive at this site divided into different subjects. To contact Steve Gold directly, write to stevegoldada@cs.com or call 215-627-7100. -- Steve Gold, The Disability Odyssey continues |
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