At first reimbursements were relatively good for home health care services, because the feds and the states wanted to reduce hospital days. Once they got what they wanted, significant reductions in hospital stays, they zeroed in on the home health care agencies. Now they bitch about them, and have acted to reduce their reimbursements. I suspect that’s why you’ve seen the small firms drop out. The only way someone could make a go of it, was to gut the pay of field workers and operate on volume.
I believe meals on wheels programs and home health care are very important programs. They are particularly vital lifelines to people who are older and have lost connections to people who could help out. As you have stated, private folks are hard pressed to dedicate as much time as is needed, and particularly to provide the professional care that is needed.
I’m tired of seeing politicians act as if health care providers are ripping the nation off if they require reimbursement for services rendered. The demonization of these vital health providers is both calculated and vile.
It verges on the wicked as far as I am concerned.
The fascist way is to always have an enemy, especially if you need a crisis. Of course it is wicked (not just *verging upon*). As I have posted before, I know a lot of medical professionals all the way up and down the food chain and so very many of them voted for these fascist devils and are now getting the Chicago treatment. Not one believed us when we pointed out that there is no way health care for all except the very rich could be free of cost to the patient and still provide a living for the worker, be they professional or ancillary.
The only silver lining is that zerO and the donks are alienating every faction of their base, one demographic at a time.
Even Acorn and all its myriad incarnations will not be able to steal the election if 10%-15% of the donk base sits out the election or votes 3rd party AND if all the clueless elderly wake up to see what is going to happen to them. That will take 20%+ away from them, leaving only a base of 1/3 of the electorate. I really think some of the states, like Indiana and Ohio will go back to the GOP column in the midterms. Then zerO will have to run against Congress and the Governors. That should be entertaining, at the very least.