The Health Care for Health Care Workers team in Maine was featured in “State of the State,” a weekly television show on Maine policy issues. The show was hosted by HCHCW leader, Lisa Pohlmann, associate director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) and facilitator of the Maine Direct Care Worker Coalition. Guests on the show were: State Senate President Beth Edmonds, the lead sponsor of legislation to provide direct-care workers access to health benefits; Susan Rovillard, a direct-care employee; and Roy Gedat, the executive director of Maine Personal Assistance Services Association (PASA).
Guests described the ongoing problem of finding and keeping frontline workers in nursing homes, residential care, and home care. They discussed several legislative initiatives aimed at improving recruitment and retention, such as LD 1687, the health insurance bill. The show, titled “Proposals for a More Stable Direct Care Workforce” can be heard in audio format on the MECEP website.
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