Smith House's shortfall has ballooned in recent years, according to WSHU. In just seven years, Stamford taxpayers have gone from picking up an $850,000 tab for the nursing home to now paying $2.7 million, WSHU said.
To close the gap, the city is now looking for concessions on health benefits for employees, WSHU reported.
Some of Smith House's financial woes are the result of changes in medicaid reimbursement. Since nearly 80 percent of the home's residents are medicaid patients, the problem is magnified, according to WSHU.
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