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Why National Health Reform Must Work for America’s Direct-Care Workforce

By 2016, direct-care workers will number 4 million, America’s single largest occupation. Read stories from frontline staff about why health care reform that is good for direct-care workers is good for America.

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PHI’s policy recommendations (pdf)
New Resources:
Direct-Care Worker Provisions at a Glance (pdf)
Health Coverage for Direct-Care Workers: 2008 Data Update (pdf)

<i>New York Times</i> Publishes PHI Letter Calling for Fair Treatment of Home Care Workers

New York Times Publishes PHI Letter Calling for Fair Treatment of Home Care Workers

08 February 2010

PHI President Steven Dawson’s letter to the editor highlighting home care workers’ low wages and lack of health coverage was published in today’s New York Times. Dawson calls on President Obama to immediately take the necessary steps to ensure that home care aides are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, and also to help the [...]

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<i>Times</i> Advocates to End Home Care Aide Pay Discrimination

Times Advocates to End Home Care Aide Pay Discrimination

04 February 2010

For the fourth time in three years, the New York Times published an editorial calling for overturning the 1975 federal labor regulation that exempts agency-employed home care workers from federal minimum wage and overtime protections that were enacted over 70 years ago. “Lilly and Evelyn” was named for Lilly Ledbetter, who was paid less than her [...]

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