| PENNSYLVANIA -- Unfinished Business on Health Care |
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When the General Assembly reconvenes the last week in September, four important pieces of business relating to health care, which were left unfinished when the legislators headed home for the summer, will be at the top of the agenda. Between now and then, we want your help engaging Pennsylvania's direct-care workers in this debate.
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| MICHIGAN -- HCHCW Fact Sheet Outlines Health Care Crisis for DCWs |
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 When it comes to finding quality, affordable and accessible health insurance coverage, direct-care workers are stuck in the middle of a broken health care system.
Caregivers Without Coverage , a new Michigan fact sheet from Health Care for Health Care Workers, illustrates how that happens in Michigan and why it matters - to long-term care consumers and employers, as well as the workers themselves.
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| PENNSYLVANIA -- A Daughter's Sacrifice |
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Mai Duong, 53, came to the United States from Vietnam 18 years ago. Soon after she arrived, she started working in a gift shop. Then her mother suffered a stroke that left her housebound, and Mai left her job to become her mother's caretaker, in accordance with Vietnamese tradition.
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Health Care for America Now, a national grassroots campaign seeking to win affordable, quality health care for all Americans, launched on July 8 with events across the country. PHI's Health Care for Health Care Workers campaign recently joined the new campaign.
Carol Regan, National Director