Are Nursing Home Safeguards Working?
Share This Page Slashdot Del.icio.us Google Digg Reddit Newsvine Furl Yahoo Facebook WASHINGTON, DC, May 15, 2008 – Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I do appreciate you holding this hearing. The Chairman of the full committee is looking forward to hearing the testimony of administrator Kerry Weems and his ideas as well; unfortunately we will have to wait until the end of this hearing to hear that testimony. Once again we are in the awkward position of trying to hold up the head of a large federal agency for the better part of a day. We know they have other important things on their plate and I want you to know that this is an issue that bothers me and I do wish the committee would approach this with a little more sensitivity. Representative Blackburn talked about long term care insurance and I know that this is not the purpose of this hearing today but I do also want to mention a little about long term care insurance. I was with the Alzheimer’s Association fundraiser last night and banquet