From one nursing home came 2,000 letters
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- November
- 19
Dumont Masonic nursing home in New Rochelle wouldn’t let Albany cut its funding without doing something about it.
Since Thursday, when Gov. David Patterson proposed slashing Medicaid funding for hospitals and nursing homes, efforts to lobby state lawmakers have been underway at Dumont Masonic. Residents, families and staff have written more than 2,000 letters and joined a telephone campaign to urge lawmakers to oppose the governor’s proposed $572 million in cuts in health-care spending. Here’s a photo of residents Lena Rubuano, left, and Esther Zeitlan, right, as they help sort the letters. 
In all the governor’s office received 10,000 letters from nursing homes across the state.
About 80 percent of the home’s revenues come from Medicaid and about 9 percent from Medicare, said administrator Judy Feinster. She had this to say:
“There’s nothing left to trim without getting to the quality of care and the quality of the services that our residents deserve. …This is their home and they require a high level of care and they should get it.”
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on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 5:14 pm by Candice Ferrette. 
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