{"id":32440,"date":"2018-01-17T18:01:42","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T23:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32440"},"modified":"2018-01-17T18:01:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T23:01:42","slug":"should-your-family-caregiver-have-to-join-a-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32440","title":{"rendered":"Should Your Family Caregiver Have To Join A Union?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many families face the challenge of having to take care of elderly parents or disabled children. In certain states these family members<\/a> are classified as public employees and required to have union dues<\/a> taken out of the Medicaid<\/a> funds that help pay for this care. If we are not careful, mom is going to be classified as a public employee so that unions can collect dues from her!<\/p>\n

The Independent Journal Review<\/a>\u00a0 (IJR) posted an article today stating the following:<\/p>\n

House Republican Conference<\/a> Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers<\/a> (R-Wash.) will introduce a bill by the end of February \u201cthat would prohibit states from allowing unions to automatically deduct dues and fees from Medicaid funds that are intended to help family caregivers<\/a>,\u201d according to McMorris Rodgers’ aides.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bill, which according to aides has at least some support in the Senate, will clearly state that withdrawing labor organization<\/a> dues from a Medicaid payment to a family caregiver<\/a> is an \u201cimproper use of Medicaid funds.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

A civil monetary penalty will be handed out for any violations of the proposed bill, according to the chairwoman’s office. \u201cDue-skimming is robbing our nation’s most vulnerable who need Medicaid the most,\u201d an aide told IJR.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Caregivers took to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, calling on Congress to stop states \u2014 including California, Minnesota and Illinois \u2014 from classifying family caregivers as public employees. House GOP officials say ending the practice could save Medicaid and other programs as much as $200 million a year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat bothers me the most is, I know a lot of parents, because I’m in this community,\u201d said Miranda Thorpe, a registered nurse who also cares for her 21-year-old daughter, according to Fox News.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd none of them really understand that this is happening to them. They have no idea. I don’t think the state should be the factor that colludes with unions to take out this money without people’s knowledge,\u201d Thorpe added.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf they really wanted people to have a choice, then they should let them know what their options are. … I think it’s very unfair since this is a very vulnerable population.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t have a problem with unions, but they have become as corrupt as politicians (and sometimes the two work together very closely). Union dues should be collected from people who choose to join a union. Union fat cats live as well as the corporate fat cats they condemn (at least the corporate fat cats generally produce either a product or a service). It is time for the practice of penalizing family members who provide care for a family member to end.<\/p>\n

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