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Jason Barrett visits his 94-year-old grandmother, Ruth Raney, at the Martinsburg Healthcare Center in West Virginia as often as he can. Medicaid will soon be covering the cost of Raney's care, putting her among the 77% of West Virginia nursing home residents — and 63% of nursing home residents nationwide — who rely on the program.
But that funding could be cut by $930 billion over the next 10 years by the massive spending bill approved by the Senate on Tuesday. The concern is those cuts could lead to reduced staffing and tightened eligibility...
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