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With less than 45 days until July 1 deadline, profit-focused auto insurance reps brush off good-faith attempt to discuss a solution that avoids loss of care for thousands (
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LANSING, Mich. (May 19, 2021) The
Michigan Brain Injury Provider Council, which represents health care professionals and facilities that care for people with severe brain injuries, today called out auto insurance industry executives for turning their backs on accident victims by abruptly canceling a brokered meeting on
House Bill 4486 and Senate Bill 314.
Sen. Jim Runestad working with Senate colleagues attempted to arrange a meeting between representatives of the auto insurance industry and post-acute care providers. The negotiations for a face-to-face meeting were held over the course of the week of May 10; unfortunately, the insurance industry refused such a meeting with no explanation provided.
Excellacare Care Provider Sarah Sutherlin gets her phone ready for her client Carmela Palamara, 92, of Brownstown to sign her name to clock Sutherlin out after finishing coloring together at Palamara s home in Brownstown on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Sutherlin has done in home personal care and homemaking to help her live independently three days-a-week for the last three years.
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Advocates say they re still confident that a $2.25 pay increase for direct care workers will be included in next year s budget.
That s even though the state House Appropriations Committee did not approve an amendment for the pay increase on Wednesday.
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Permanent wage increase essential for Michigan DCWs (Image Credit (Resch Strategies/Media Image))
After an important amendment to fully fund Michigan s Direct Care workforce wage increase was struck down in the state s House Appropriations Committee this morning, advocates and families are again calling for a permanent fix to support caregivers over the long term.
State Rep. Felicia Brabec (D-Pittsfield Twp.) offered today s amendment with the support of several other Democrat committee members. We are incredibly grateful to Rep. Brabec and her colleagues for their initiative and urge the full chamber to support this amendment when the budget reaches the House floor, said Robert Stein, general counsel for the Michigan Assisted Living Association. If not for the temporary increases passed to adequately compensate Direct Care Workers during the past year, tens of thousands of our state s families would be facing tremendous hardship today. And if today s temporary increase
Gov. Whitmer signs supplemental funding to support COVID-19 recovery plan, additional work now needed to fully utilize federal aid
Funding secured for wage increase for direct care workers, schools, emergency rental assistance, vaccine administration, and testing.
LANSING, Mich. Today Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation that supports the COVID-19 recovery plan she sent to the legislature in January. It includes key provisions of the governor’s MI COVID Recovery Plan, including a $2.25/hour wage increase for direct care workers, $283 million in federal emergency rental assistance to help ensure people can stay in their homes, up to $110 million in federal funding for vaccine administration, and up to $555 million in federal funding for testing and tracing.
HOLLAND Included in Tuesday s announcement that restaurants could expand indoor dining capacity was an order allowing family visits to long-term care facilities to resume.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services order, which is set to take effect Friday, March 5, allows for family visitations which had been on pause again in assisted-living facilities throughout the state.
Proponents had long-called for a relaxation of visitation rules, citing the difficulty for residents in assisted living to go long periods of time without seeing family. We know that this virus has taken a disproportionate toll on our seniors, Whitmer said Tuesday. The isolation and the time apart has been taxing for everyone with loved ones in long-term care facilities.