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[wpyt-post]t3T0HPm2c-k[/wpyt-post] In California, cheers from SEIU and other homecare supporters over the state’s abandonment of a plan to slash wages for home health workers (“Wage Cuts Avoided for CA Home Care Workers“) gave way to renewed protests last week as the state revisited the plan after being told that it does not, in fact, violate [...]

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By Carol Rodat, PHI New York Policy Director Now that the state budget has passed, the governor and the New York state legislature have turned their attention to a variety of other issues, notably health insurance coverage. The most sweeping proposal is that which was introduced in both houses by the chairs of the health [...]

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Eager to have a bill to introduce in June, the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Max Baucus (D-MT) with Charles Grassley (R-IA) as the Committee’s ranking member, has released  three papers with options for health reform and invited public comment. The first paper is on transforming the delivery system, the second on expanding health care [...]

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As the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes campaign enters its second year, an overhaul of its original eight goals has been announced. Three of these goals relate directly to the workforce.

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The Sacramento Business Journal has launched a three-part series about aging in America, and the inaugural article paints a troubling picture of a nation that is medically and economically ill-prepared to deal with the challenges posed by an aging boomer generation.

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The 2009 edition of the Almanac of Chronic Disease (pdf), subtitled “The Impact of Chronic Disease on U.S. Health and Prosperity,” has been released by The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD). The report combines peer-reviewed data with commentary from national health care leaders and policy experts to provide a comprehensive collection of current information [...]

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