I had and have some doubts about this story.
I am a former USAF officer.
The facility is called Island Shores Assisted Living. There is a difference between Assisted Living and Nursing Homes (usually nowadays called Memory Care). There are three levels of senior residence — Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care.
The VA will not cover Assisted Living. The VA has a vast network of various kinds of nursing homes, but they do not cover Independent Living or Assisted Living.
We’ll take the situation at this old guy’s claim (but I can assure you there is a huge number of old guys who buy a hat and have no DD214 in their records), but they gave him 6 weeks to find alternatives. He doesn’t move that fast? Shaky complaint. 6 weeks is not nothing. If he has no Dementia (and if he did the VA would have him in a nursing home), 6 weeks is not bad.
I think the story is hyped a bit. More than a bit.
I think it is hyped in one way: to a lot of people a 95yo would need a lot of care! And he apparently is a vet...
However, I have to admit that I find it distasteful (at best) that the government can come in with Big Bucks and make businesses “offas dey can’t refuse.”
In our society, we have a system that pretty much works: here, we have businesses which provide elderly people with services that they can afford.
But then the government comes in with its heavy hand and starts taking those places over. You see it on cop shows every day: oh, you do not desire to accede to our very reasonable request? I have 10 different kinds on inspectors on speed dial here....
And the costs of living goes up faster for elderly people.
I think most Americans are willing to sacrifice for veterans. And I think most would be willing to sacrifice a small amount for true refugees.
But I do not understand why we are sacrificing our veterans for illegal immigrants under whatever appellation or cover story.