{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Fasti News","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.fastinews.com\/iNWS","title":"Federal judge blocks Biden nursing home staffing mandate - Fasti News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"URUj4anKjK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastinews.com\/iNWS\/federal-judge-blocks-biden-nursing-home-staffing-mandate\/\">Federal judge blocks Biden nursing home staffing mandate<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fastinews.com\/iNWS\/federal-judge-blocks-biden-nursing-home-staffing-mandate\/embed\/#?secret=URUj4anKjK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Federal judge blocks Biden nursing home staffing mandate&#8221; &#8212; Fasti News\" data-secret=\"URUj4anKjK\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.fastinews.com\/iNWS\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.fastinews.com\/iNWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/male-nurse.jpg","thumbnail_width":931,"thumbnail_height":523,"description":"A federal judge in Texas threw out a national mandate on nursing home staffing from the Biden era. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk sided with nursing homes regarding a rule that would have required them to add nurses to meet minimum staffing to patient ratios. \"The agency lacks authority to eliminate consideration of a facility&#039;s nursing &lsquo;needs&rsquo; when prescribing minimum staffing standards,\" Kacsmaryk wrote, referring to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The plaintiffs, the American Health Care Association (AHCA), represented \"approximately 15,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities across the country that provide care to approximately five million people each year,\" according to a media release. VP VANCE BLASTS MCCONNELL&#039;S VOTE AGAINST TRUMP PENTAGON NOMINEE: &#039;POLITICAL PETTINESS&#039; \"This unrealistic staffing mandate threatened to close nursing homes and displace vulnerable seniors,\" Clif Porter, president and CEO.."}