WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following press release:
Today, in response to an inquiry (https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-gillibrand-wyden-call-for-new-watchdog-investigation-into-state-oversight-of-assisted-living-facilities-quality-of-care-provided-to-seniors/) by Democrats on the Senate Aging Committee, including U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report underscoring the need for enhanced federal oversight of assisted living facilities that are being paid billions of federal Medicare and Medic...