Start your week off right by catching up on the most popular recent Home Health Care News stories and articles around the web that a grabbed our attention.
Stay up to date on who’s getting involved in national demonstrations to keep Obamacare and why the role of caregiver is so skewed toward women.
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Obamacare’s Unlikely Defenders
In the face of the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the caregiver workforce has come out in support to keep coverage and jobs, The Atlantic reports. Health care workers are protesting in ongoing demonstrations, which reached the U.S. Capitol recently.
“With Price’s likely confirmation on the horizon and the prospects of some kind of Obamacare repeal still possible—and as Trump’s daily threats to immigrants continue—these protesters say they’ll keep protesting,” Vann R. Newark II of The Atlantic writes.
Not Just for Women
A topic we hit on recently is gaining traction in the UK, as the majority of the caregiver workforce continues to be made up of mostly women. In the UK, just 15.3% of this workforce is men. Despite the stark difference, some older men are actually more comfortable with a male caregiver.
Top Home Health Care News Stories
Trump Order Could Place Home Health Regulations on Chopping Block—For every new regulation, two must be cut. And home health organizations are eyeing a new “window of opportunity” to get harmful policies out of the way.
Top 3 CoP Changes to Impact Home Health Agencies—The newly finalized home health conditions of participation (CoPs) will have wide implications for agencies, but not all the changes are new or likely to be costly.
Home Health Crystal Ball: Executives Predict the Future of 2017—Across the country, executives are trying to get a grip on what 2017 will bring for home health and home care. We talked to executives across the industry for their best predictions for the year.
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