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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1325286" data-attributes="member: 12952">Minimum wage order sends veterans packing from nursing homesSHREVEPORT, La - Some military veterans are being forced to leave their nursing home.&nbsp; It&#039;s an unintended consequence of President Obama&#039;s executive order in February to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour.Sandy Franks, public affairs officer at Shreveport&#039;s Overton Brooks V. A. Medical Center, explains that nursing homes that have contracts for subsidized care from the Veterans Administration become federal contractors.&nbsp; If they refuse to raise their wages, their contracts will not be renewed. Franks at the V.A. agrees that this has the potential to be a national problem as more V.A. contracts with nursing homes expire.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1325286, member: 12952"] [SIZE=4][B]Minimum wage order sends veterans packing from nursing homes[/B] [B]SHREVEPORT, La - Some military veterans are being forced to leave their nursing home. It's an unintended consequence of President Obama's executive order in February to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. Sandy Franks, public affairs officer at Shreveport's Overton Brooks V. A. Medical Center, explains that nursing homes that have contracts for subsidized care from the Veterans Administration become federal contractors. If they refuse to raise their wages, their contracts will not be renewed. [/B] [B]Franks at the V.A. agrees that this has the potential to be a national problem as more V.A. contracts with nursing homes expire.[/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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