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position · 2026

Expand home-care services and jobs

Jayapal supported investing in 600,000 new home-care jobs, with a minimum wage of $15 an hour and benefits. She said the investment was intended to eliminate nationwide waiting lists for 800,000 people needing home care and to address Medicaid policies that favor institutional care over care at home.

Context: The statement gives no implementation timeline for the proposed investment or job creation.

In their own words

investing in creating 600,000 new home care jobs—paying a minimum of $15 an hour and offering benefits

The source

/news/2020/7/8/biden-sanders-joint-health-care-task-force

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Retrieved: 11/12/2026