Post-July 4, the US  government will again consider the Trump “Better Care Reconciliation Act,  gutting the Medicaid expansion that took place under the Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare), which would throw older people out of nursing homes. But in today’s New York Times article you see the state of care of the vulnerable and elderly presently in US convalescent homes that is a stunning oxymoron for “convalescent”.