Medicaid cuts slam area nursing homes in budget overhaul
Area nursing homes face a two year 60 million Medicaid reduction and a new federally mandated reform. Owners warn of possible service cuts as facilities like Ohio Extended Care Lorain absorb up to 1.75 per day per Medicaid patient while Good Samaritan Avon plans staff reductions. Administrators say private pay subsidies rise and smaller homes struggle to survive.
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Warren Wolfson
Ohio
Cuyahoga
Myrna
Lee
Ohio Health Care Association
Columbus
Lorain
Wolfson
Good Samaritan Nursing Home
Avon
Charlotte Lazzaro
Don Wessel
Welcome Nursing Home
Oberlin
Essex Responds to Plan for County Hiring Office
Lorain County Recorder Dor thy Essex readies a reply to county commissioners plans to create a centralized personnel office. Essex suspects political motives while seeking guidance from a state auditor association. commissioner Reichlin defends the plan as information centralization, not policy subversion.
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Essex
Lorain
Dorthy Essex
Leonard Reichlin
Eveyone
Reichlin
Glen Miller
St Patrick’s Day Meeting Highlights in Lorain County
Lorain County Association of Township Trustees and Clerks held St Patrick themed events in Carlisle Township. Akron guitarist Jim Kalal performed in green while local candidates Kate Walsh and John Michael Ryan sang with him. The gathering featured festive Irish styled food and crowd participation.
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Lorain County Association of Township Trustees
Carlisle Township
Jim Kalal
Akron
Kate Walsh
Oberlin
Walsh
Kalal
John Michael Ryan
Don J. Pease
U.S
Orphan drug offers hope for Erin Bowers rare disease
Erin Bowers a fifth grader from Avon Lake has cystinosis a rare kidney disease. Doctors began cysteamine treatment in 1979 and she now attends school like other children aided by a $250000 orphan drug research grant. Her family met Rep Henry Waxman to spur funding and awareness for orphan drugs. Erin continues with drawing while researchers pursue broader cures.
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Avon Lake
Erin Bowers
Cleveland Clinic
University of Michigan
Erin
Washington, D.C
U.S
Henry Waxman
D-California
Sue Bowers
Spencer Water Contamination Prompts Safety Warning
Spencer residents were told not to drink faucet water Friday evening as tests in a lab proceeded. Village officials including Glenn Pomeroy reported an oil spill in the system and Medina County deputies confirmed a foreign substance, with about 800 residents served by three reservoirs. Water haulers provided safe drinking water.
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Spencer
Glenn Pomeroy
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Pomeroy
Medina County
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