The repeal of the federal nursing home staffing rule is one of the most dangerous policy reversals we’ve seen in long-term care. Senator Ron Wyden said it clearly: stripping away these protections will mean fewer nurses at the bedside, fewer eyes on vulnerable residents, and more preventable tragedies. He’s right. The original rule wasn’t extreme—it

Attorneys general from 18 states are urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider its repeal of the federal nursing home staffing mandate and to adopt a new rule that would impose minimum staffing requirements specifically on for‑profit nursing homes and related‑party payers — entities such as affiliated pharmacies or staffing agencies

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Consumer Voice reported: On February 12, 2026, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and six Senate Democrats introduced the Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act, aiming to restore federal staffing standards that were recently eliminated by the Trump administration. In 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a minimum staffing rule that would have required nursing homes