I seriously don’t know why the problem of [mounting issues with acute (hospital) care discharge] (Ready to be discharged, Minnesota hospital patients have nowhere to go. https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-hospitals-patients-ready-for-discharge-nowhere-to-go-nurse-staffing-nursing-homes/600251328/) is just now being reported on — as if this was never on healthcare policymakers’ radar?

Waiting patients also increase caseloads for nurses, which increases their stress and reduces the time they can spend with others. Patients and family members grow anxious as they wait for days or weeks, which can spark verbal or even physical altercations.

Probably because we now have a legislature that is under DFL control. Good luck with this one…