WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led 11 of their Senate colleagues in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz to repeal new guidance that threatens nursing home residents' right to vote. In California, more than 400,000 nursing home residents would be impacted by the new guidance.
"We write with concern that the recent guidance issued to nursing homes by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may intimidate nursing home staff from helping residents exercise their constitutional right to vote and ultimately prevent...