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<\/a><\/p>\nIn recent weeks, minimum wages <\/strong>for home health aides\u00a0has been a theme for discussion in the news. Surprisingly enough, most home health aides<\/strong> will not be included in any potential increase to the current $7.25 an hour rate. Many health aides<\/strong> are grouped with babysitters in U.S. labor laws<\/em>, and so those who hire them are exempt from paying them any greater wages than you would a \u00a0babysitter.<\/p>\n (Related: How Much Will Medicaid Cost in the Future and Why: Federal Projections<\/a>)<\/p>\n Despite their differences, the category these occupations share is called \u201ccompanionship worker.\u201d This category assumes that home health aides<\/strong> spend at least 80% of their workweek solely keeping a patient company. Consider the inaccuracy and insulting nature of the following quote: What they do is static, there\u2019s not a lot of effort.\u201d This was from Val Halamandaris<\/strong>, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice<\/a>. It should come as little (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In recent weeks, minimum wages for home health aides\u00a0has been a theme for discussion in the news. Surprisingly enough, most home health aides will not be included in any potential increase to the current $7.25 an hour rate. Many health…<\/span><\/p>\n