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SD Nursing Home Crisis

SD Nursing Home Crisis

Representative Ryan Cwach Photo: WNAX


Nursing homes in Salem and Florence are joining the list of those that have closed or soon will.
Representative Ryan Cwach of Yankton says current policy is not working….https://on.soundcloud.com/UCCNk

Cwach says he has backed bills that could help refinance nursing homes….https://on.soundcloud.com/vqpkg

Cwach says they have to rethink the entire system….https://on.soundcloud.com/FY6G3

At least a dozen nursing homes, mostly in rural areas, have closed over the past five years.

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