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applegrove

(133,465 posts)
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 07:06 PM Tuesday

Caregiver shortage is a healthcare crisis & a moral catastrophe Republicans refuse to address.

Last edited Tue Jun 9, 2026, 09:03 PM - Edit history (1)

Republicans don’t care about any Americans that have disabilities that require treatment or special care. If they did put money into needed programs, billionaires might have to pay more taxes.

@franklee246.bsky.social 2026-06-09T17:02:30.994Z


Trump froze Medicare enrollments for home health and hospice providers — immediately, no warning.

Seniors and disabled Americans needing care at home are now blocked from getting it.

Ht @nickknudsenus.bsky.social

Mia Farrow (@miafarrow.bsky.social) 2026-06-09T22:54:50.659Z


Applegrove: are the oligarchs trying to separate all middle class and poor from their money? I mean this is supposed to be the richest dynamic to retire im US history. Maybe it is easier to take money by trashing government programs and get a stake in a health care corporation that charges $35/hrs for home healthcare for baby boomers than it is to build something. Cha ching!!! Cha ching!!!
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Caregiver shortage is a healthcare crisis & a moral catastrophe Republicans refuse to address. (Original Post) applegrove Tuesday OP
When I was working as a therapist in rehab centers usually at least half the aids were immigrants. Biophilic Tuesday #1
I could never do it.......i visit a friend every Monday at her nursing home and I know how hard all the personnel a kennedy Tuesday #3
Republicans are a moral catastrophe. spanone Tuesday #2

Biophilic

(6,730 posts)
1. When I was working as a therapist in rehab centers usually at least half the aids were immigrants.
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 07:14 PM
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And they were almost always the kindest and most conscientious. It’s a mentally and physically stressful job. And, of course, the pay was low.

a kennedy

(36,606 posts)
3. I could never do it.......i visit a friend every Monday at her nursing home and I know how hard all the personnel
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 07:42 PM
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work. I know I could NEVER do it.

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