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Pay up, granny!

March 17, 2009

Just in case Iowans are clamoring for a new tax on folks in nursing homes, our politicians are ready to meet the need:

Nursing homes would pay the tax, which would be about 3 percent of residents' cost of care, state officials estimated. If homes pass the expense on to their residents, it would equal about $1,970 a year for someone who pays $180 a day for care. Advertisement
Some of that money would go back to Iowa nursing homes, redistributed through Medicaid payments to homes that care for low-income elderly Iowans.

Some of the money would come back to the nursing homes? What a great deal! Maybe they can supplement it with a tax on wheelchairs and walkers, to get some of those old folks who still live at home.

Link: SSB 1179

Tags: Iowa tax policy.