2009 Washington Legislative Session Nursing Homes Report
The Bad: $94 Million in Cuts 
Nursing homes were unable to escape cuts that will directly impact staffing, wages and resident care over the next two fiscal years.
The state’s highest Medicaid homes will be impacted the most, but every nursing home in the state will feel the pain of deep budget cuts.
The Good: Workers Defend Past Victories
On a positive note, workers attended Lobby Day in Olympia, visited the capitol on Purple Presence, made phone calls, wrote letters and sent emails. All of this effort paid off.
It was the key to preserving the gains we’ve made in the past several years, including: keeping the low-wage worker add-on we won in 2008; restoring over $4 million in funding lost in the 2009 Supplemental Budget; and maintaining statutory protection of the nursing home payment system.