NPR’s Austin Jenkins is reporting on the nursing home Medicaid crisis

NPR’s Austin Jenkins has been reporting on the nursing home Medicaid crisis since last year, when providers began sounding the alarm about unexpected nursing home closures. Listen here for his explanation of the crisis that has already impacted hundreds of Washington nursing home patients forced to relocate because of 19 nursing home closures since 2017. The issue has garnered the attention of Washington Senator Steve O’Ban (R-28) who proposes to address the problem during the 2020 legislative session.