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Lipson, D. & Regan, C. (2004, March). Health Insurance Coverage for Direct Care Workers: Riding Out the Storm. Better Jobs Better Care Issue Brief, No. 3.
Abstract
Direct care workers and long-term care employers are facing greater challenges than ever before in securing affordable health coverage. In an era of soaring health insurance premiums and state fiscal crises, the prospects for expanding health coverage for more direct care workers seem daunting. But there are ways to design health insurance packages so that they are reasonably priced for direct care workers and long-term care employers. This issue brief presents the case for improving health coverage for direct care workers and offers realistic strategies for making health coverage more available and more affordable to them and their families.
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