Why For Profit Nursing Homes Are Bad
On February 18, 2021, a consumer group, The Center for Medicare Advocacy, published a report which looked at rates of COVID-19 infection in nursing homes. The study compared for-profit to nonprofit facilities and concluded the following: “For-profits were the worst performers across every CMS rating pool,” said lead-author Cinnamon St. John. Among the findings in the report were: Residents in…