During my years of suing nursing home operators for patient neglect and abuse, I’ve learned to follow the money: When I have followed the money, I’ve learned that too much of it goes in owners’
pockets and too little of it is spent on patient care and care provider salaries. I’ve also learned that owners set up webs of companies they control and use them as the mechanism for moving the money from tax payer dollars to the owners’ pockets. As a result, patients are needlessly harmed. I like the Health Care Overhaul Bill’s recent amendment aimed at limiting insurance company executive’s salaries to a mere $500,000.00 a year. Lets put a similar cap on the earnings of nursing home owners and operators, and we will begin to see great improvements in the quality of life of nursing home residents and the underpaid, overworked providers that take care of them. See Wall Street Journal article on capping insurance executive salaries by clicking on the link. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125441528702956751.html?mod=djemHL