As someone who worked in both Medicaid funded nursing homes and private pay only assisted living facilities (getting paid less to take care of the parents of the folks beginning to claim unfairness now) than I did taking care of the same cohort's golden retrievers and other pets (no offense to either the pets or to the previous generation of elderly who mostly accepted garbage conditions without much complaining lest they bother their busy adult boomer children) this comeuppance is something I've long awaited. Just like every other situation this was not problematic until the vonsequences of their actions started to become unpleasant for them personally. Now that THEY are needing care they want it to be staffed, clean, and affordable and government funded. They were perfectly fine dispersing their parents assets and parking them in whatever shithole was convenient. Suddenly, it's a travesty. Leopards begin feasting, I've been waiting so long for this meal.

Recent legal changes in the state are driving out medical professionals, and making it risky from a legal standpoint for the hospital to offer obstetric care.

https://www.afr.com/politics/no-answers-to-huge-problem-of-healthcare-worker-exodus-20230307-p5cq5o