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$11 nursing home fee bill passes Legislature

Post by Brad Shannon / The Olympian on May 17, 2011 at 5:03 pm |
May 17, 2011 5:29 pm

A fee proposal to spare nursing homes from $38 million-a-year in Medicaid cuts has just passed in the House on a somewhat bipartisan 54-38 vote.

The bill is supported by most of the nursing-home industry and goes to Gov. Chris Gregoire for signing.

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