Underpaid and under pressure: The elder-care workforce leading U.S. job growth

Nearly 4 million people, most of them women, work as home health or personal care aides in the United States. The U.S. added 130,000 jobs last month, nearly all from eldercare. Now immigration policy and Medicaid cuts are limiting who is willing or able to do this job. The U.S. added 130,000 jobs last month, nearly all from eldercare.

Now immigration policy and Medicaid cuts are limiting who is willing or able to do this job.