Feeling the Squeeze

Medicare Cuts End Personal Touch of ‘Mom and Pop’ Business Serving Seniors

By Heritage Foundation Melissa Quinn —— Bio and Archives August 13, 2014

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For Robert and Susan Blair, it was time for an exit strategy.

The couple had been in the business of home health care for three decades, and retirement looked more and more attractive. The Blairs’ history of owning home health care agencies began as Ronald Reagan’s presidency was winding down. In 1998, they opened their own agency, Riverside Home Health Care, in Grants Pass, Ore. Come 2005, though, they began to set their sights on retirement. More...

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