Healthcare on the Frontlines

On part 2, we discuss how home care workers are facing several attacks, resulting in wage inequity and suppression, and how Black women —and all women— coming together in unions can be a potent force for change in this profession.

On this episode we discuss the legacy of slavery and systemic racism in home care into the present day with most recent media attacks on these working women, how these attacks have resulted in wage inequity and suppression, and how Black women —and all women— coming together in unions can be a potent force for change in this profession.

Medicaid is a vital source of care for nearly 1 in 5 Americans, including children, seniors and people with disabilities. In this episode, healthcare workers, patients, and experts discuss why Medicaid is fast emerging as a political measuring stick for voters when it comes to electing candidates or holding them accountable on their healthcare record.

Over the past 12 months, nurses have come to the aid of Americans caught in the partisan efforts to repeal healthcare and defund Medicaid, they have created new models to improve patient care, and when disaster struck in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, nurses were among the first to respond. “Come Hell or High Water,” as the saying goes, nurses are there for their patients.