By Stephen Tweed

What will be the impact of $15 per hour caregivers in home care?

Let me be clear.  I am all in favor of helping our home care caregivers earn fair pay and benefits.  Having an adult son who has benefited from the services of private duty home care for the past 25 years, I know the positive impact that caregivers make in a family, and I know how hard they work.

I am not in favor, however, of artificially increasing caregiver wages by elected officials who pass laws requiring higher pay without understanding the economics and the unintended consequences.  If you have been following our articles, you know that we have been paying attention to the laws to increase the minimum wage in Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.