The Direct Care News 
For direct care workers and their allies September 11, 2012
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Advocates Speak Out for Proposed Home Care Rule
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 | | Ai-jen Poo's CNN editorial was one of several published last week. |
Last week saw another healthy crop of strong editorials about the need to grant home care workers the right to minimum wage and overtime pay, including one that urges participation in our National Day of Action.
In "Latham Gets Thanked, but for What?," Des Moines Register columnist Dean Lerner dissects an ad that ran in the paper, "profusely thanking Iowa Congressman Tom Latham 'for Supporting Home Healthcare for Iowa Seniors.'" The ad was paid for by the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare, whose members are primarily large national home care franchises. In fact, Lerner points out, Latham is anything but helping the cause of home care, as he cosponsored the bill that would prohibit the U.S. Department of Labor from enacting the rule that guarantees home care workers minimum wage and overtime pay. Read more.
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Direct from Washington, DC
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Affordable Insurance Exchanges to make health insurance more accessible to direct care workers:
The Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA, also known as health reform and Obamacare) includes a requirement that all Americans have health insurance. To help accomplish this, each state must have a Health Insurance Exchange operating by January 1, 2014. Millions of low and moderate-income individuals--including direct care workers--who don't have access to or can't afford employer-sponsored insurance will be able to buy insurance through the exchanges, with the help of tax credits mandated by the ACA. Each Affordable Insurance Exchange will include an easy-to-use website, a toll-free number, and trained staff to help consumers compare insurance plans. Learn more about insurance exchanges and how they affect direct care workers and about your state's progress on setting up an exchange.
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Florida Caregivers to Walk a Mile in Their Clients' Shoes at October Conference
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 | | Joan Leah |
Florida caregivers can expand their knowledge, meet other people in their field, and feel celebrated as the professionals they are at the 17th annual convention of the Florida Professional Association of Care Givers (FPACG) next month. The convention will be held on October 16 in Altamonte Springs.
In keeping with this year's theme, Walk A Mile In My Shoes, the event will provide several opportunities for direct care workers to see things from the perspective of the people they assist. Read more from CNA/HHA and FPACG President Joan Leah. |
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