Overworked, Underpaid, and Cutting Corners: The Crisis in Home Health Care
Employees of LHC Group describe a business model that prioritized profits and compromised patient care. Soon they reached a breaking point: “It just didn’t make me feel right, doing what I did.”
Illustration by Deena So Oteh
A few years ago, Stella started working as a nursing assistant at Almost Family in Chilton, Wisconsin. She liked the job at first the hours were flexible, and she had a good connection with her patients. She would spend a few hours at each of her patients’ homes, cleaning up and helping them get dressed or take baths.
More than a month into the rollout, the Pennsylvania Health Department hasn’t done any targeted outreach on the vaccine to communities that don’t speak English, many of whom have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
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RULING THE WEEK
It was a big week for Rep. Liz Cheney. On Wednesday, the No. 3 ranked House Republican (and the only woman in GOP leadership) survived a push by some conservative lawmakers to oust her as conference chair for voting to impeach Donald Trump.
Originally published on February 4, 2021 10:38 am
Shortly after President Trump arrived at the White House, he disbanded an office specifically focused on women s issues. Now President Biden is resurrecting it just as quickly.
Biden has promised that gender equity will be at the forefront of his administration s policies. To help achieve that goal, he is creating a new Gender Policy Council within the White House a reformulation of the Obama administration s White House Council on Women and Girls. Major structural disruption requires major structural change, council co-chair Jennifer Klein says in an interview with NPR. Thinking big right now is exactly what we need to do. So, now s the time.