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PRESS RELEASE For immediate release June 24, 2009 Contact: Steve Edelstein National Policy Director Phone: 718-402-7413 Email: sedelstein@phinational.org PHI Launches PolicyWorks National Strategy Center for the Direct-Care Workforce Promotes Information, Innovation and Action New York— By 2016, the United States will need 4 million direct-care workers to care for America’s elders and people with disabilities—more [...]

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On Friday, June 19, the House Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce released an 850-page discussion draft (pdf) of their health care reform proposal along with a four-page summary document (pdf). An AP story summarized the draft legislation by saying it would “impose new responsibilities on individuals and employers [...]

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On Tuesday, June 23, PHI will join other members of the Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA), in a National Call-in Day to send a clear message to Congress that a strong eldercare workforce is essential to real health reform. As an advocate for quality long-term care, your Member of Congress needs to hear from you! Please [...]

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Fifteen U.S. Democratic senators have sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Hilda Solis urging the extension of federal wage and hour laws to cover the nation’s estimated 1.5 million home health-care workers. Background Domestic workers were excluded from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that was enacted in 1938 to ensure [...]

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A delegation of state lawmakers, representing 700 of their colleagues across the nation, delivered letters to the Obama administration and Congress on Thursday, June 18, supporting comprehensive health care reform, including a public plan option, affordability protections, and shared employer responsibility for premiums.

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As states struggle to balance their budgets in the face of a deep recession, there has been little good news for long-term care. At least three states, however — North Dakota, Montana, and Oregon — are using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to stabilize and enhance their direct-care workforces.

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