Category: Health Systems
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Care Giver Shortage: Coming To Your Town
Look out. Here it comes. Demand exceeding supply. Read all about it at “A Shortage of Caregivers”. Why, you ask? Well…, they’re 1) low-paid, 2) demanding jobs, 3) high rates of injury and 4) frequently, no benefits. So…, I guess high demand and low supply will drive up wages solving the low pay issue. Think again.…
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Sequestration and Senior Citizens: How Will Budget Cuts Affect the Elderly?
by ARTHUR COMINGS of NerdWallet on MARCH 1, 2013 What is sequestration? On March 1st our government plans to cut about $85 billion in across-the-board spending for a wide variety of goods and services that many of us consider essential. These mandatory cuts are known as budget sequestration. Even if Congress and the President somehow agree on how…