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At today's briefing, Gov. Cuomo repeated his claim that criticism of his handling of coronavirus in nursing homes is "all politics" and primarily coming from the @nypost.

In case he missed it, here is a sample of the broader coverage ... (1/?)

rev.com/blog/transcrip…
ProPublica: " 'Fire Through Dry Grass': Andrew Cuomo Saw COVID-19’s Threat to Nursing Homes. Then He Risked Adding to It"

propublica.org/article/fire-t…
AP: "Blame game? Cuomo takes heat over NY nursing home study"

"Several experts who reviewed the report at the request of The Associated Press said it has fatal flaws, including never actually addressing the effect of the order."

apnews.com/4247aa5d314e87…
.@chris_churchill: "New York's tragic nursing home mistake"

timesunion.com/news/article/C…
.@dgazette (editorial): "Nursing home report requires a second opinion"

dailygazette.com/article/2020/0…
.@wsj (editorial): "Cuomo's Covid chutzpah"

wsj.com/articles/cuomo…
.@NYDailyNews (editorial): "Truth after tragedy: Figuring out what went wrong in New York's nursing homes"

nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edi…
.@jacobinmag: "Andrew Cuomo Gave Immunity to Nursing-Home Execs After Big Campaign Donations — Now People Are Dying"

jacobinmag.com/2020/05/andrew…
.@timesunion (editorial): "Truth must transcend ego"

timesunion.com/opinion/articl…
.@JaniceDean in @USATODAY: "COVID-19 killed my in-laws after Cuomo's reckless New York nursing home policy"

usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
Steve Levy, @FoxNews: "Cuomo and NY coronavirus nursing home deaths -- don't be fooled [by] governor's 'report' "

foxnews.com/opinion/cuomo-…
.@propublica: "Andrew Cuomo’s Report on Controversial Nursing Home Policy for COVID Patients Prompts More Controversy"

propublica.org/article/andrew…
.@propublica: "The Cuomo Administration Hasn’t Said Which Nursing Homes Were Infected With COVID-19 After Its Order Sent Positive Patients Into Them"

propublica.org/article/the-cu…
.@chris_churchill, @timesunion: "Cuomo won't admit nursing home truth"
timesunion.com/news/article/C…
.@chris_churchill, @timesunion: "No, Cuomo isn't off the hook for the state's nursing home tragedy"

timesunion.com/news/article/C…
Yours truly, @empirecenter: "Cuomo Administration Ducks Important Questions on Nursing Homes" empirecenter.org/publications/c…
Of course, the @nypost and @mgoodwin_nypost and @rlmac2 have had a lot to say on this topic, including the following:

nypost.com/2020/07/07/gov…

nypost.com/2020/06/20/cuo…

nypost.com/2020/06/19/and…

nypost.com/2020/05/25/and…
Is some of some of the commentary over-the-top? Of course.

Was DOH's March 25 order the sole cause of coronavirus in nursing homes? No.

Was it issued in the heat of a high-pressure situation? Yes.
In retrospect, though, a wide range of experts, journalists and commentators agree the March 25 order was a mistake that, at a minimum, risked making a bad situation worse.

Dismissing this view as "all politics" is a disservice to the public health.
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Here are some statistics about NY's nursing home death toll that Cuomo chooses not to cite (bearing in mind that the official number is an undercount):

In terms of total deaths, NY is No. 2 behind NJ. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
In terms of nursing home deaths per 100,000 population, New York ranks approximately sixth.

About 6% of NY's nursing home patients have died (based on 2017 patient counts), which ranks 7th.
Again, NY is under-counting its nursing home deaths, because it leaves out residents who were admitted to hospitals before they died. (Something no other state does, as far as I can tell.)

If the state counted those deaths, it would undoubtedly rank much worse.
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Maybe I'm missing something, but this statistic from Cuomo's slide show -- that 66% of new hospitalizations were people living at home -- doesn't seem shocking at all.
cnbc.com/2020/05/06/ny-…
This question seems to be about where people live, not what they do. On that basis, people living at home are significantly *underrepresented,* as you would expect.
The stat that jumps out at me is nursing homes. They house about 100,000 NYers, which is roughly 0.5% of the population, yet they account for 18% of hospitalizations.

It's not necessarily shocking, but it confirms that NH residents are at dramatically higher risk.
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It's been reported that the House Democrats COVID package would increase federal Medicaid funding by 8%.

In fact, it would increase the federal matching rate by 8 percentage POINTS, which is very different -- and involves a lot more money. rules.house.gov/sites/democrat…
Eg., NY receives the minimum matching rate of 50% for most recipients. Adding 8 points to 50 would be an increase of 16% in federal funding.

On an annualized basis, NY's aid would jump more than $6B, from $40B to $46.4B. kff.org/medicaid/state…
Albany shouldn't get too excited, however, because the Republicans aren't on board. modernhealthcare.com/politics-polic…
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