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[wpyt-post]lEuqiLDF5zQ[/wpyt-post] “I care for the seniors, but I care just as much for my co-workers and those who are looking to come into this profession. We need your help to invest in the direct care workforce,” hospice nurse aide Brenda Nachtway told the Pennyslvania House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee on April 2 (see [...]

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Last month, the Pennsylvania House passed a bill (pdf) that would make affordable health care accessible to more Pennsylvanians, including thousands of direct-care workers. The vote was 118-81. Tracy Lawless and Simone Baer of PHI’s Health Care for Health Care Workers campaign have worked diligently over the past year, teaming with the state’s health care reform [...]

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