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COVID-19 law sparks dialogue on nursing home alternatives

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
| March 25, 2021 12:12 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the memory of the pandemic's toll in nursing homes still raw, the COVID-19 relief law is offering states a generous funding boost for home- and community-based care as an alternative to institutionalizing disabled people.

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