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Coverage about COVID-19 in Facilities
New York Times (8/16, Silver-Greenberg, Drucker) reports, “Nursing homes have been the center of America’s coronavirus pandemic, with more than 62,000 residents and staff dying from Covid-19 at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, about 40 percent of the country’s virus fatalities.” Now, this “lightly regulated industry is campaigning in Washington for federal help that could increase its profits.” Some of the nation’s “largest nursing-home companies – including those with long histories of safety violations and misusing public funds – have assembled a fleet of lobbyists, many with close ties to the Trump administration.” For instance, “TL Management has hired four lobbyists,” including “Emily Hargan, whose husband is a top