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Carol Rodat, PHI New York Policy Director, testified (pdf) in favor of the Together We Care Act of 2009 and the Earnings and Living Opportunities Act at a Congressional field hearing held in New York last week by the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

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A July 9 New York Times editorial calls for home care aides to receive minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act. As the Times notes, in 2007, the Supreme Court upheld a 1975 labor regulation that defined home care aides as “companions,” but that regulation can be reversed anytime by Secretary [...]

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PHI’s president and its director of policy research both spoke at the March 12 Institute of Medicine (IOM)  symposium called  “Health Reform for an Aging America.” The IOM released a report in April of 2008 titled Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce, which provided policy recommendations to help prepare America’s health [...]

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has acted  on PHI’s suggestions in adopting new definitions of direct-care jobs in a planned revision to the Standard Occupational Classifications (SOC) system. The labor market information systems of both the federal government and each state use the SOC codes and definitions to measure employment, track wages, and [...]

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