On the recordJuly 22, 1996
I mean look, if the partnership that I spoke of is no longer there, that we are in Medicaid which pays for nursing home care, and it is $38,000 a year, and you are only there for 5 days and they pull the rug out from underneath you, who pays for it? If the senior citizen cannot, it goes to the family. It is an indirect tax on the families of this country. You are not going to throw your parents out on the street for 360 days and get 5 days next year and then throw them out again. You are going to pick up that cost, that $30,000 a year. Who is going to be able to afford that?
Said by
Bart Stupak
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