Medicare Cuts Pose Disproportionate Threat to West Virginia's Rural Seniors, Local Jobs Base
U.S. Newswire, November, 2007
To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Susan Feeney of AHCA, 1-202-898-6333
Analysis of Congressional Budget Office Data Finds Cuts Would Jeopardize Health, Well-Being of Rural Communities
WASHINGTON,Nov. 16/PRNewswire-USNewswire/--As Congress begins to consider possible cuts to seniors Medicare Part A skilled nursing facilities funding, an analysis of Congressional Budget Office (CBO) data finds five-year $2.7 billion cuts - like those proposed at the onset of the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) debate - pose a disproportionate threat to West Virginias rural seniors, and to the jobs and employment base of the states rural communities. With 50 percent of West Virginias nursing homes located in rural areas, those facilities would face $11.59 per day, per...
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