Friday, September 15, 2017

Dan Gelber's proposed legislation would have prevented nursing home deaths but lobbyists killed it


Then State Rep. Daniel Saul Gelber's bill would have required emergency generator backups for nursing homes.  Greedy nursing home owners and miserly government officials killed it.  (Gelber was later a State Senator and candidate for Governor; he's now running for Miami Beach Mayor). Here's the Miami Herald article:



The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, scene of eight deaths in the aftermath of Irma, has received below-average ratings from state regulators, and is affiliated with Larkin Community Hospital, which has a troubled regulatory history as well. Emily Michot The Miami Herald

After Wilma, bills were pushed to ensure nursing homes had emergency AC. They were killed.

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