Pennsylvania is already confronting an in-home care crisis. Every month, more than 112,500 in-home care shifts go unfilled across the state, meaning that seniors, children with complex medical needs, and adults with disabilities are being left at home without the care they need. This is unacceptable, and it’s a crisis caused by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who have refused, for years, to pay Pennsylvania in-home caregivers a decent wage.
Here’s the worst part: none of this is a surprise to our elected officials.
Earlier this year, the Shapiro administration released an...