Check out the earned media coverage of VHCA-VCAL’s efforts to overturn the governor’s proposal to eliminate additional nursing facility Medicaid funding. The Richmond Times-Dispatch and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News covered the story.

What they are saying: VHCA-VCAL Chair Karen Stanfield, chief operating officer of Saber Healthcare Group emphasized the importance of funding for nursing staff by telling the Times-Dispatch, “If you don’t have the nursing staff, you can’t achieve quality care.”

• VHCA-VCAL’s Amy Hewett explained to McKnights, “Addressing Medicaid underfunding, which happened over decades, isn’t tackled by one robust budget. It takes continued investment over time. Zeroing out that funding as the governor has done is not the way to boost quality care, which we all want and residents and patients deserve.”

Read the articles:

• Nursing homes say they face setback from Youngkin in push for staff (richmond.com, March 30, 2025)
• Gov slashes Medicaid add-on for direct care workers as state staffing deadline nears (mcknights.com, April 1, 2025)