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North Carolina bill would set $18-to-$24 wage floors for direct-care workers
House Bill 1045 would set occupation-specific minimums from $18 an hour for home care aides to $24 for licensed practical nurses, starting January 2028 if approved.
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DHS finalizes public charge rule effective Sept. 18
The rule drops the 2022 seven-factor test for a totality-of-circumstances review that weighs receipt of means-tested benefits against an immigrant's legal status.
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California moves to name large employers whose workers rely on Medi-Cal
A revived disclosure bill would identify companies with 100 or more employees that have workers on Medi-Cal, as a January work-requirement deadline approaches.
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Maryland delays $126 million in disability cuts; families brace anyway
Gov. Wes Moore's budget cut $126 million from the Developmental Disabilities Administration. Because state funds are matched by Medicaid, the agency's shortfall tops $250 million.
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Washington high court ends sub-minimum-wage exemption for live-in caregivers
The state Supreme Court called the decades-old carve-out unconstitutional, extending wage, overtime, and sick-leave protections to adult family home staff.
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Federal policy converges on a fragile direct care workforce
Medicaid cuts, a wage-rule rollback, and stripped immigrant protections converge on home care as dementia costs climb.
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Minnesota's Medicaid provider crackdown reaches federal court
A state revalidation and payment-freeze drive lands on small home care agencies as CMS presses the model nationally.
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Federal policy changes converge on the direct care workforce
A KFF analysis, a proposed wage rollback, and a Supreme Court TPS ruling all press on the workers who provide U.S. long-term care.
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The Home-Care Workforce Walks Out as Its Wage Floor Is Cut
450 Mass General Brigham clinicians begin the state's largest healthcare strike as a federal rule moves to cut wage protections for 3 million home-care workers.
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Ohio Writes a Home-Care Fraud Crackdown Into Law
A bipartisan Medicaid home-health fraud bill, prompted by a Daily Wire investigation, clears both chambers and heads to Governor DeWine.
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The VA Cut 30,000 Jobs. Now It Says It's Hiring.
Veterans' caregivers are caught between a staffing purge and a promise that the worst is over. The data says otherwise.
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America Needs Millions More Caregivers. It Has No Plan to Find Them.
The elderly population is surging, nurses are burning out, and states are refusing to raise home care wages. The math is brutal.
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Dingell's Home Care Bills Have Industry Backing. They Still Need Money.
PHI endorsed two landmark bills to expand home care access. LeadingAge is asking the hard question: who pays?
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The Fed Counted the Caregivers. The Math Doesn't Work.
A Kansas City Fed analysis confirms the care workforce can't keep up with aging-driven demand. Child care staffing is no better.
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One in Four of Your Employees Is a Caregiver. Most Haven't Told You.
Employers are finally getting checklists, data, and a business case for supporting caregiving workers.
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