Hopefully this will change when most of this audience is older, but I recently started dealing with aging sick parents, and I've seen first hand what P.E. has d

Hopefully this will change when most of this audience is older, but I recently started dealing with aging sick parents, and I've seen first hand what P.E. has done to skilled nursing facilities and convalescence homes. Because the same thing is happening as with vets. It's abhorrent and there is no choice if you aren't rich. People on medicare get a whopping total of 100 days of nursing care (that's it!) and have to pick from an approved list, but after the 100 days are over they have to pay out of pocket. Once they spend all their assets (with a 5 year lookback in case you try to hide them), they qualify for title 19 and the government pays everything but your choices are even slimmer. P.E. squeezes EVERY last dime for profit. Places that were nice 30 years ago when my grandparents were dying are now abysmal: dirty walls, broken beds, broken furniture, broken heaters & A/C, broken televisions, crazy roommates... it's heart-wrenching watching a sick parent try to buck up so you don't see how disappointed they are that they're basically stuck in a human kennel until they recover or die. U.S. healthcare for the non-rich elderly is a nightmare.