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Medicaid programs underfunded nursing facility care by $5.6 billion in 2010, paying $7.17 per hour per patient, less than the nation's current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, according to an analysis from the American Health Care Association in Washington, DC.

Medicaid underfunding nursing homes: Problem expected to grow