Podcast and Program about Maine's Direct Care Workers

The Maine Center for Economic Policy, the facilitator of the Direct Care Worker Coalition, had a broadcast on cable's community access channels about the work that was done last summer with the Bureau of Insurance and Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman. The workgroup that Ms. Kofman convened looked into the different health insurance codes to see if any would work to insure Maine's direct care workforce. What came out of the workgroup was a bleak report on the status of the workforce and the difficulties facing this group when it comes to health insurance. Here's the podcast. When you use the link, MECEP's page comes up with "State of the State" at the top. Scroll down until you see Health Care for Health Care Workers. Click on the "Listen Now" button and let the podcast download to your computer and give it a listen. It is very good.