The Maine state Department of Health and Human Services cut funding to about 120 assisted living facilities that provide care for 4,000 residents. The funding “was being paid to assisted living facilities’ operators to ensure that residents with illnesses would not lose their beds during periods of prolonged hospitalization.”
Naturally, there were some strong reactions to this on both sides of the issue.
This couldn’t have come at a worse time, the head of the Maine Health Care Association was quoted as saying.
