Skilled Nursing News October 17, 2025
Clif Porter, president and CEO of the largest advocacy group for nursing homes in America, said that among the year’s major wins for the sector – such as the freeze on provider taxes – were hard-won battles, but certainly a welcome development amid looming challenges and the current economic climate.
In an exclusive interview with Skilled Nursing News ahead of the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living’s (AHCA/NCAL) annual convention in Las Vegas, Porter called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s (OBBBA) provider tax freeze for nursing homes a historic achievement.
“We actually were the only sector in all of health care that was insulated from that policy by having provider taxes frozen,” he said, crediting...







