House Republicans from New York are asking federal health agencies overseen by Robert Kennedy Jr. to rule on whether ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo violated federal policy by sending elderly patients to nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The congress members want Kennedy’s department to weigh in on whether Cuomo’s controversial March 25, 2020 order telling such facilities to accept recovering or “stabilized ” COVID patients matched federal guidelines during the early pandemic.
“Five years ago, over 15,000 vulnerable New Yorkers died in nursing homes because of a reckless directive that forced COVID-positive patients into ill-prepared nursing home facilities after kicking them out of hospitals” Rep. Mike Lawler, the Hudson Valley congressman who drafted the letter, told The Post.
The March 6 letter was co-signed by GOP Reps Nicole Malliotakis, Nick Langworthy, Claudia Tenney, Nick LaLota and Andrew Garbarino.
“I’m demanding the CDC [Centers for Disease Control] and CMS [Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services] tell us the truth: Did Cuomo’s order follow federal guidelines, or did he defy them? Families of our constituents deserve answers, not excuses,” Lawler said.
The congress members noted that a house subcommittee’s GOP majority report said the policy was “inconsistent” with federal guidance — and that even a Democratic minority report said the edict “arguably contradicted federal CMS guidance.” --->READ MORE HERE
Now that Andrew Cuomo is running for mayor, local Republicans in Congress are demanding clarity on whether the then-gov’s deadly COVID-19 nursing-home order violated federal guidelines; Health Secretary Robert Kennedy should comply.
Rep. Mike Lawler & Co. want answers on behalf of the families whose elderly loved ones died as the result of a “reckless directive” that forced “ill-prepared nursing-home facilities” to accept COVID-positive patients kicked out of hospitals.
The virus ran wild in the care homes, taking 15,000 lives.
It falls on Kennedy (Cuomo’s former brother-in-law; small world, isn’t it?) to spell out whether the March 25, 2020, directive defied the federal policy that the ex-gov still insists he was following.
Last year, a House subcommittee report concluded that Cuomo’s order was “inconsistent” with and had “arguably contradicted” federal guidance by omitting key, common-sense precautions along the lines of “don’t put contagious people in with vulnerable populations.” --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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