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   <news:title>Trump&amp;#039;s 2027 Budget Wants to Slash HHS by $16 Billion — and Nursing Homes Are Right in the Crosshairs</news:title>
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   <news:title>A South Carolina Nursing Home Refused to Hire a Woman Because She Was in a Union. Three Years Later, the NLRB Is Making Them Pay.</news:title>
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   <news:title>CMS Just Opened Applications for a 10-Year Value-Based Care Model — and Nursing Homes Are Finally Invited</news:title>
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  <lastmod>2026-04-03T19:05:25Z</lastmod>
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   <news:title>Unions and Public Employment Cut Nursing Home Worker Turnover Significantly, New Study Finds</news:title>
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   <news:title>The Nursing Home Sector Has Never Been Better to Grow, Says One of Its Biggest Investors — But the Economy Tells a More Complicated Story</news:title>
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   <news:title>The Junk Food Is Coming Off the Menu — and Nursing Home Kitchens Are Next</news:title>
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   <news:title>Utah Audit Finds $922 Million Nursing Home Program Sent More Than Half Its Funds to Hospitals, Not Patient Care</news:title>
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   <news:title>Healthcare Workers Are Being Punched, Kicked, and Stabbed at Work. Congress Still Can&amp;#039;t Agree on What to Do About It.</news:title>
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   <news:title>Trump&amp;#039;s 100% Drug Tariffs Could Hit Nursing Homes Where It Hurts Most</news:title>
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   <news:title>An Iowa Resident Lay on Her Nursing Home Floor for Four Hours. A Family Camera Was the Only Witness.</news:title>
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  <lastmod>2026-04-02T15:04:48Z</lastmod>
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   <news:title>A Federal Drug Pricing Law Is Quietly Dismantling the Pharmacies That Nursing Homes Depend On</news:title>
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  <lastmod>2026-04-02T13:04:19Z</lastmod>
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   <news:title>8.3 Million Medicaid Enrollees Could Lose Coverage Under Work Requirements — and the Sickest Are at Greatest Risk</news:title>
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  <loc>https://skilledcarejournal.com/foreign-nursing-aides-accuse-pruitthealth-of-indentured-servitude-and-their-lawsuit-is-headed-to-north-carolina/</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-04-02T11:04:08Z</lastmod>
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   <news:title>Foreign Nursing Aides Accuse PruittHealth of &amp;#039;Indentured Servitude&amp;#039; — and Their Lawsuit Is Headed to North Carolina</news:title>
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