Scare quotes in headline mine. As described in this Ay Pee article that Al Ahram thinks important enough to share with their Egyptian readers. these so-called reforms do nothing to prevent a repeat of the deaths that resulted from Governor Cuomo’s orders that nursing homes must accept elderly patients ill with Covid, rather than keeping them in the hospital like everyone else. Instead, the new rules require that all nursing home profits above the limit must be spent in certain ways or turned over to the great State of New York.
[AlAhram] Rules passed in recent days as part of a state budget deal would require for-profit homes to spend at least 70% of their revenue on direct patient care, including 40% on staffers who work directly with residentsAfter a deadly year in New York's nursing homes, state politicians have passed legislation intended to hold facility operators more accountable for neglect and potentially force them to spend more on patient care.
Under the deal, set to be signed by Gov. Andrew
SonnyCuomo
, a Democrat, home operators will also face limits on their profit margins. Any profits in excess of 5% would have to be sent to the state.