Tag: nursing homes

Deep Dive (July 26): Scalise Blasts DOJ’s Decision Not to Investigate Nursing Home Scandals

The 2020 Summer Olympics are going down in history for a number of reasons—from being the most expensive to date, to fans cheering with signs, to organizers asking fans not to line the streets. Olympic medallists are now allowed to remove their masks on the podium for a 30-second, socially distanced photo-op. And many are wondering…


Top Michigan Official: COVID-19 Death Count in Long-Term Facilities Could Be ‘Low’

Michigan’s health director on Thursday acknowledged that the state’s COVID-19 death toll in long-term care facilities could be undercounted. “Not all of those are reporting,” Elizabeth Hertel, the head of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, told members of a state House panel, referring to nursing homes and COVID-19 deaths. She said that long-term care…


Cuomo’s Office Won’t Reveal What It Told DOJ About CCP Virus Deaths at Nursing Homes

The office of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo refused to say what it told the Department of Justice regarding CCP virus outbreaks in nursing homes, in part because the disclosure would be an “invasion of personal privacy.” The DOJ sent requests to several states last year concerning statistics on deaths and infection in nursing homes…


House GOPers Seek Missing Nursing Home Deaths Data, Suspect Coverup in Five States

House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Republican Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania believes he and four colleagues aren’t getting copies of monthly nursing home data because state and federal officials have something to hide. “I don’t know how many times you have to send letters and make requests for data and get no response at all,”…


Grassley Urges DOJ to Probe Obstruction of Justice in COVID-19 Nursing Home Probe

Ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to look into whether any state officials, who are subjected to the Justice Department’s CCP virus nursing home probe, had engaged in obstruction of justice. Grassley, who was joined by five other Republican senators, wrote to Garland on Monday…


GOP Senators Call for Investigation of Cuomo’s ‘Potentially Criminal’ Actions

Nine Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are calling on the panel’s chairman, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to convene public hearings on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “potentially criminal” placing of CCP Virus patients in nursing homes. The call for hearings follows media reports that one of Cuomo’s top aides, Melissa DeRosa, admitted to New…


Cuomo Must Resign If ‘Cover-Up’ of Nursing Home Deaths Proven: Stefanik

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) has called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, to resign if a “criminal cover-up” of nursing home deaths is proven through a federal investigation. In an interview with Fox News’ “Justice with Jeanine Pirro” on Saturday, the congresswoman said a federal investigation must be held into Cuomo’s administration, after…


Cuomo Must Resign If ‘Coverup’ of Nursing Home Deaths Proven: Stefanik

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) has called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, to resign if a federal investigation that she’s seeking proves a “criminal coverup” of COVID-19-related nursing home deaths. In an interview with Fox News’ “Justice with Jeanine Pirro” on Jan. 30, the congresswoman said a federal investigation must be held into Cuomo’s…


DOJ Will Decide Whether to Investigate New York Nursing Home Deaths: White House

The Department of Justice (DOJ) will make the decision on a potential probe of New York officials over nursing home deaths from COVID-19, the White House said Friday. “Any investigation, I would point to the Department of Justice,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington. “Again, any investigation would be led by…


COVID-19 Deaths Among New York Nursing Home Residents Rise by 40 Percent

Almost 4,000 nursing home residents in New York have died from COVID-19 after being moved to hospitals, state health officials disclosed Thursday, increasing the death toll among those elderly by more than 40 percent. New York made the unusual move last year to split deaths among the group, only releasing figures for residents who died…