25 February 2021: Former PA Health Commissioner Grilled on Missing COVID Nursing Home Data

Levine questioned on missing Pa. nursing home data in federal confirmation hearing

Pennsylvania may also have systematically underreported COVID-19 nursing home deaths, although not to the same degree as New York, which other reports describe as an "outlier" among all states. This article describes how the issue came up at Biden Health Secretary nominee Rachel Levine's confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate, which indicates Governor Cuomo's COVID-19 nursing home scandals are creating a ripple effect.

Separately, politicians in Michigan are calling for an investigation in that state. Along with Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, these four states implemented similar policies as Governor Cuomo's 25 March 2020 directive forcing nursing homes to admit patients without testing to determine if they carried coronavirus infections. California did as well, but unlike these other states, abandoned its directive within a few days of it going into effect. These were the only states to implement policies similar to those of Governor Cuomo's 25 March 2020 directive in New York, which is why these specific states became a focus of interest by Trump DOJ officials during 2020.