Kolkhorst visiting area nursing homes - theeagle.com - August 20, 2008 (html)
Kolkhorst stops by rest home to discuss Medicaid, health care issues - Brenham Banner Press - August 20, 2008 (html)
Gambling on health care - Shortage closes many state nursing homes - Amarillo.com - August 12, 2008 (html)
Texas lags behind in Medicaid reimbursements - Story - Video - August 11, 2008
Senator Kel Seliger Visits Amarillo Nursing Home - Story - Video - August 11, 2008
Gohmert pressures Bush into repealing cut - News Journal - Longview - August 5, 2008 (pdf)
Letters for Sunday - Tim Graves responds to article by Bob Moos - Dallas Morning News - Business Section - August 3, 2008 (pdf)
Senator Duncan Receives Award As Long Term Care Champion - Golden Gazette - Lubbock - August 2008 (pdf)
Happy bride's big day fulfills a mother's dream - San Antonio Express News - August 3, 2008 (pdf)
Duncan receives award for helping senior care - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - June 28, 2008 (pdf)
Rural rest homes in danger of closing due to inability to cover operating costs. Retama Manor hosts visit of District 43 candidate. - Raymondville Chronicle - June 18, 2008 (pdf)
Medicare Cuts Threaten Texas Seniors - KUT Austin - June 17, 2008
Lucio tours La Hacienda Healthcare - State representative addresses nurses' daily wages - Valley Morning Star - June 11, 2008
Nursing
homes throughout the nation are gearing up for possible cuts in
Medicare.Roughly two-thirds of all patients in nursing homes are on Medicare.
A study by the Texas Health Care Association shows that the cuts will cost Texas nearly $50 million. If you break that down by patient, it will be about $10 per patient per day in rural facilities.
Nursing homes in rural areas will be hardest hit. Those with nursing facilities in Texas are also concerned because the Lone Star State ranks 49th in the nation for Medicare reimbursement.
Tim Graves, the President of the Texas Healthcare Association, urges the Bush administration to reconsider moving forward with the budget cuts. - BigCountryHomePage.com - June 3, 2008
Tim Graves, THCA
President/CEO "Better Solution Needed" - Sunday Letters to the editor -
San Antonio Express-News - May 18, 2008
THCA President/CEO, Tim
Graves, discusses Long Term Health Care - CBS19 Tyler - May 13, 2008
Central Texas Reaction
to President Bush's Budget Proposal
- KUT Austin -
February 4, 2008
Texas Health Care Association Urges Texas Congressional Delegation to Fight Planned Federal Cuts to Medicaid, Medicare - Fox Business, February 1, 2008