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| Andrew Cuomo gave immunity to nursing home execs after big campaign donations |
| 2020-05-27 |
| h/t Instapundit [yahoo news] - As Governor Andrew Cuomo faced a spirited challenge in his bid to win New York’s 2018 Democratic primary, his political apparatus got a last-minute boost: a powerful healthcare industry group suddenly poured more than $1m into a Democratic committee backing his campaign. Less than two years after that flood of cash from the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), Cuomo signed legislation last month quietly shielding hospital and nursing home executives from the threat of lawsuits stemming from the coronavirus outbreak. The provision, inserted into an annual budget bill by Cuomo’s aides, created one of the nation’s most explicit immunity protections for healthcare industry officials, according to legal experts. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #7 Anyone want to go back and test the DNA from the C19 tests and see if there were multiple entries from the same host? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-05-27 11:18 |
| #6 As Howie Carr likes to say about the Mass. state house - nothing's on the level, everything is a deal, and no deal's too small. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-05-27 09:39 |
| #5 May have mentioned before that I heard from a relative that nurses at one nursing home in the Midwest all contracted COVID-19. The administration were so piss-poor to not even get the nurses tested and they had to do it themselves. In addition, the administrators do not inform family members if nursing home residents contract COVID-19 as they are afraid the family will pull that person out of the home. Bottom line: lost revenue. Pathetic. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-05-27 09:08 |
| #4 At least now we know why he assisted with occupancy rates. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-05-27 08:55 |
| #3 What a puke. |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2020-05-27 08:52 |
| #2 Corrupt Killer Cuomo. Going for maximum alliteration here. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-05-27 06:56 |
| #1 So, basically, when he sent CV19+ people to nursing homes, he wasn't worried about ICU shortage - he was sending some business the way of his supporters? All these people have died not because he lost it under pressure, but because he was doing business as usual? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-05-27 06:45 |