House Democratic Caucus: Task Force on Aging and Families Outlines How $400 Billion Investment in Caregiving Will Redefine Long-Term Care in America
CAUCUS CHAIRMAN JEFFRIES: Our nation is truly in a crisis of long-term care, as anyone who has had to help care for a loved one knows all too well. Our caregivers are in a crisis as well, which the pandemic has laid bare. They are predominantly women and women of color who too often struggle to make ends meet while caring for our nation's elders and those with disabilities.
This is about helping families and answer the question, who will help me take care of my mother, my grandmother. Who will take care of me? Home health care workers are an essential group of people who are the foundation of the care industry in
In my district, ACC Senior Services helps families in the
Building bridges and roads and expanding broadband are traditional infrastructure and supporting American families through health care is essential infrastructure. It's really not an either or. We need both to get America back to work.
VICE CHAIR DINGELL: I want to tell you, as someone who took care of somebody that I loved very much, you do not realize how broken this system is until you are dealing with long-term care issues. You have no idea of the challenges that you face, the emotional toll and much of the ninety nine and nine tenths of the people in this country and the days I would just sit down in tears with fears. I just can't tell you. And that's why this is so important. We've seen nearly three million women leave the workforce because of Covid and many of them are doing it simply, most of them, because of the need for caregiving.
Passing this bill means that we could retain 10.7 million jobs by providing support to family caregivers. We have to do something. Our long-term care system is broken. We need a comprehensive system that pays for the care that people need and supports family caregivers and that's why I am working with stakeholders and the
VICE CHAIR DEUTCH: After four years of inaction in the last administration,
CAUCUS CHAIRMAN JEFFRIES: The caregiving economy is not a Democratic issue or Republican issue. It's an American issue.
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