Bush Eyes Data to Help Consumers Rate Nursing Homes

The Washington Post ^ | 9/8/2001 | Amy Goldstein

[Utah Girl]

The White House is contemplating a plan to publish industry data in an attempt to help consumers rate nursing homes, but aides to President Bush said they have rejected a proposal by federal health officials to inspect some nursing facilities less often.

According to administration sources, Bush could announce within the next few weeks his attempt to address the problem of how to upgrade care for the 1.5 million elderly and disabled Americans who rely on nursing homes.

[Utah Girl]

The New York Times did publish the story in spite of the fact that the White House told them yesterday that the proposal had already been rejected. I think I see a pattern forming here. Not only are all of President Bush's decision's bad ones, but if they prove popular, then the press and the Dems will wave around a plan that had been considered and rejected by the Bush administration. Who cares about the fact that the proposal was rejected when so much misinformation can be spread? And they can always put the retractions on page g38.