https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20201202.443239/full/
A blog in Health Affairs summarizes LeadingAge and LTSS Center research showing that raising the pay of direct care workers by 15% would provide concrete benefits for a variety of stakeholders. The authors recommend 3 ways to support efforts to pay direct care workers at least a living wage: target Medicaid reimbursement rates to wages, reform the LTSS financing system; and professionalize the direct care workforce.
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