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  September 8, 2009
Obama helping a direct-care worker and clientImagine the Day

...when no direct-care worker has to worry about staying in a job they love because it doesn't offer health insurance.

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Maine Grant Brings Coverage to Direct-Care Workers

A federal grant will provide $8.5 million a year for up to five years for the state to expand the Dirigo health program to part-time, seasonal, and direct-care workers.

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Maine Worker Says Health Reform Must Work for DCWs

"I firmly believe: what is good for direct-care workers is good for America," said Helen Hanson, a Maine direct-care worker who had a guest column on health care reform published recently by the Portland Press Herald.

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Visit Our Health Care Reform Resource Center

Looking for more information on national reform? Visit our Health Reform Resource Center for legislation, fact sheets, and more. Get armed with the facts and spread the word that Congress must take action this fall.

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PHI's Health Care for Health Care Workers

Health Care for Health Care Workers is an initiative of PHI, a national nonprofit working to improve long-term care-by improving the jobs of those that provide that care.  
 
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