'It's just shocking': How Missouri Republican politics drove twin crises in Medicaid
Jonathan Shorman and Jeanne Kuang, The Kansas City Star
May 23—Mike Levitt's nursing homes have experienced a difficult 14 months.
Still recovering after being ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, Levitt's Tutera Senior Living & Health Care, which operates five facilities in the Kansas City region, suddenly finds itself at the edge of financial oblivion.
Missouri lawmakers are at fault.
The General Assembly adjourned earlier this month without renewing a tax that funds vast swaths of Medicaid in Missouri. Nursing homes are heavily reliant on Medicaid patients, who have spent down their savings and now depend on the program to pay for their care.