Comments on: Health Care Bill Amendment Highlights Direct-Care Workforce http://phinational.org/archives/health-care-bill-amendment-highlights-direct-care-workforce/ PHI works to improve long-term care -- by improving the jobs of home health aides, certified nurse aides, & personal care attendants. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Carol Regan http://phinational.org/archives/health-care-bill-amendment-highlights-direct-care-workforce/comment-page-1/#comment-4097 Carol Regan Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:26:15 +0000 http://phinational.org/?p=4195#comment-4097 As you say, it is great that direct care workers are being recognized for the imporatnt work they do, and that they must be included in strategies to reform the delivery system. There is much work to be done to address consumers with chronic health conditions and who need coordination of care in their homes, and home health and personal care aides are essential frontline caregivers. Our work is not done. Congressman Altmire is on the Energy and Commerce Committee, the one House Committee that has not voted in favor of HR3200. Urging him to support this bill is important and time is of the essence. As you say, it is great that direct care workers are being recognized for the imporatnt work they do, and that they must be included in strategies to reform the delivery system. There is much work to be done to address consumers with chronic health conditions and who need coordination of care in their homes, and home health and personal care aides are essential frontline caregivers.

Our work is not done. Congressman Altmire is on the Energy and Commerce Committee, the one House Committee that has not voted in favor of HR3200. Urging him to support this bill is important and time is of the essence.

]]> By: Mike McNally http://phinational.org/archives/health-care-bill-amendment-highlights-direct-care-workforce/comment-page-1/#comment-4095 Mike McNally Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:26:18 +0000 http://phinational.org/?p=4195#comment-4095 I applaud Congressmen Altmire and Loebsack for this common-sense, practical addition to the healthcare bill. It is good to know that leaders like Congressman Altmire understand that first and foremost, this healthcare legislation MUST get done, and that is simply imperative that every working person and child in this country have healthcare - no matter how it is achieved, healthcare cannot be optional for working people and kids. The alternative is not only morally wrong, it leads to a system like we have now in which costs are not controlled, the population in the insurance pool is artificially small, the working class have's are pitted against the have-not's, and those businesses who choose to provide healthcare are less economically competitive than those who do not. But finally, it is also good to know that Congressman Altmire recognizes that direct care healthcare workers are part of a new backbone of American economics that includes teachers and other core services, and the quality of those professions must be protected at all costs. I applaud Congressmen Altmire and Loebsack for this common-sense, practical addition to the healthcare bill. It is good to know that leaders like Congressman Altmire understand that first and foremost, this healthcare legislation MUST get done, and that is simply imperative that every working person and child in this country have healthcare – no matter how it is achieved, healthcare cannot be optional for working people and kids. The alternative is not only morally wrong, it leads to a system like we have now in which costs are not controlled, the population in the insurance pool is artificially small, the working class have’s are pitted against the have-not’s, and those businesses who choose to provide healthcare are less economically competitive than those who do not. But finally, it is also good to know that Congressman Altmire recognizes that direct care healthcare workers are part of a new backbone of American economics that includes teachers and other core services, and the quality of those professions must be protected at all costs.

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