Jwheel86 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Fact Sheet: Vice President Harris Announces Historic Advancements in Long-Term Care to Support the Care Economy | The White House WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV Actions are the latest in a series of steps the Biden-Harris Administration has taken to improve safety, provide support for care workers and family caregivers, and to expand access to affordable, high-quality care Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect and to have access to quality care. That’s why, today, Vice President Harris… Quote Specifically, the rule will ensure adequate compensation for home care workers by requiring that at least 80 percent of Medicaid payments for home care services go to workers’ wages. I can't understate how huge this is part is. Providers have been sucking up rate increases while not increasing worker wages. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 I love how the answers are like... really obvious things? Why does elder care suck? Because it's profit-motivated. Okay let's address that. Medical lobby: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 4 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: I love how the answers are like... really obvious things? Why does elder care suck? Because it's profit-motivated. Okay let's address that. Medical lobby: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE During the pandemic my province had to step in an nationalize a few care homes because the private operators were doing such a horrible job. IMO all healthcare (including elder care) should be public, not private. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 7 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: IMO all healthcare (including elder care) should be public, not private. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Just since this story broke, I'm a bit amazed by how BAD long-term care is. I knew very little about it before; zygotes probably know more about the logistics of it than I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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b_m_b_m_b_m Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 LTC shit is depressing. From any angle you take it from. Glad Biden is addressing this at least 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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