Senate Healthcare Bill

PHI says, "Senate Finance Committee's Healthcare Bill Will Better Prepare Direct-Care Workers to Serve Older and Disabled Americans"

In the Chairman's Mark released September 16, Senator Max Baucus has addressed the health care needs of America's elders and people with disabilities by including provisions aimed at improving training and compensation for direct-care workers -- the nursing assistants, home health aides, and personal assistants who provide millions of Americans with daily hands-on assistance. The Chairman's Mark includes a total of $425 million in funding over five years for two groundbreaking, competitive demonstration grant programs designed to help sustain the health professions workforce."

We applaud Senator Baucus for his commitment to better prepare and support direct care workers," said Steven Dawson, president of PHI, a nonprofit working to strengthen eldercare and disability services in the United States. " With Congressional support, direct-care workers can better provide the quality of care that America's rapidly growing population of elders and people with disabilities desperately needs and deserves."

Read the full PHI Press Release