Article Publication Date:
3/13/2006
Summary:
This report offers the findings of an outreach project conducted with direct-care employers and employees in Maine to help connect them with a new health insurance product called DirigoChoice. The research suggest that “states experimenting with innovative health coverage plans will need to address major challenges -- such as the part-time nature of direct-care work, low wages, and low reimbursement rates -- to ensure coverage for these critical health care workers.”
Topics:
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Types/Tools:
Populations:
Direct Care Workforce
Sources:
Health Care for Health Care Workers
Programs/Initiatives:
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States:
Keywords:
Wages and Benefits
DirigoChoice; Direct-care;
Contact
Health Care for Health Care Workers National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care
info@directcareclearinghouse.org
Phone:
866-402-4138
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50980