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Podcast: Belabored
Episode: Belabored: Our Neglected Human Infrastructure, with Sadé Dozan
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The Build Back Better bill, also known as the âhuman infrastructureâ package, was just passed by the House. The bill, which still needs to pass the Senate, includes significant investments in home and community-based careâthese are the home health aides and other direct care workers who tend to seniors and people with disabilities. As weâve reported before on Belabored, this has long been an undervalued and overlooked component of the healthcare workforce, and for decades, homecare workersâthe vast majority low-income women and women of colorâwere excluded from key federal labo...