Economists expected jobs growth to decelerate because of inflation. Instead employment surged ahead with an addition of more than half a million jobs (517,000) in January. Wow. The job report is the best in years. According to the Labor Department’s latest jobs report, leisure and hospitality added 128,000 workers in January. The service industry helped keep
CBS News reported the conviction of two nursing home caregivers for criminally negligent homicide, a felony. Police charged Letticia Martinez, Jamie Johnston and Jenny Logan for the death of 86-year-old Hazel Place. They left her unattended and unsupervised for over 6 hours in the hot sun. Prosecutors with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office told CBS4 that
Consumer Voice Launches Campaign in Support of Minimum Staffing Standards Over the Coming Months, Consumer Voice will Be Elevating the Voices of Residents, their Families, and Workers in Support of Adequate Staff in Nursing Homes and to promote Dignity for All: Visit the Dignity for All webpage for a schedule of events and to share what a
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new rule that will require the disclosure of certain ownership, managerial, and other information regarding Medicare skilled facilities (SNFs) and Medicaid nursing facilities. See the link to the federal register for more details: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Disclosures of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information
What is Nancy Mace thinking? The South Carolina Republican Congresswoman embarrassed herself again. The chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, James Comer (R-KY), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), and the chair of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, Nancy Mace (R-SC), along with seventeen other idiots sent a letter
Prominent Republicans in important leadership positions want to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid programs. Here’s what they actually said about cuts and changes to Social Security and Medicare. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla) released an 11-point plan to curb government spending by allowing programs to “sunset” after five years This require Congress to vote to renew Social
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