Collision awaits as funds shrink for nursing homes

 
The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: March 8, 2010

N ursing home "reformers” seem to expect Cadillac service on a Kia budget. If this continues, prepare yourselves for a head-on collision with no air bags.

Not only is the aging of the population at hand, but Oklahoma ’s Medicaid funding for long-term custodial care could be rolled back to the levels of four or five years ago, when it wasn’t all that great. The state has little choice —...


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