Discrimination against the poor and disabled in nursing homes.

Forms of Discrimination; o refusal to admit some or all Medicaid patients into vacant, certified beds; a violation of Congressional intent to provide Medicaid beneficiaries with services equal in amount, duration, scope and quality to those purchased by others. o requiring large cash payments from the family of a patient as a precondition for admitting the patient for care, or as condition of retaining the patient in the facility; a felony under the Social Security.Act when and if enforced once a patient becomes Medicaid eligible o threats and evictions of residents who "spend down" and become, Medicaid eligible; a violation of Patients 1 Rights under federal law o refusal to admit patients with more severe conditions or disabilities, even when physician prescribes nursing home care; banned under the civil rights of the disabled protections of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (as Amended)