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Nursing home workers say budget cuts will put them out of business. Lawmakers propose cutting healthcare funding by about a billion dollars. The cuts would leave Florida�s nursing homes with 165 million dollars less. Nursing homes get state funds and are required to provide about three hours of personal care a day to every patient. Florida Healthcare Association Chairman David Sylvester said if funding is cut then nursing homes couldn�t meet the three hour requirement.

�We�re faced with a choice of breaking the law perhaps and not standing where we�re suppose to by the law or putting our facilities in serious financial risk,� said Sylvester.

Sylvester wants the state to use matching federal funds to lessen the blow to nursing homes.