The Dig: Next Shift w/ Gabriel Winant
Jacobin Radio
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Nursing Home
You have to basically put a lot, either spend down your assets or put it in a trust of sorts. So that you're poor enough to qualify. You have to pauperize yourself? Yes, right? Cause it's a means tested gram. It's a poverty programme. And this goes back to the discussion of 60 o, about how it was passed in 65. The business of nursing home operators is a soaking up medicate reimbursements while holding down costs as much as they can. That's how they break even. Some days my father in law's home care worker just won't show up because they are sick,. They're not replaced by anyone or the hours will suddenly
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