even if you think that you have care needs and you may well have care needs and you may well have careeen assessed as eligible for care, then this new plan will potentially help you. it means from october 2023, there will be a cap of £86,000 on care costs. again, there's a cabinet with that. you would still have to pay what's known as accommodation costs to help you stay overnight, to pay for food as well, so you may well have to make a contribution to that as well. the status say the government taxpayer will pay for anyone as assessed. the social care sector has welcomed the thrust of the proposals. they still have many questions about the funding, many questions about the funding, many questions about the funding, many questions about whether they're able to actually going to be any funding into the system. the investment in the care system is mainly towards the care system is mainly towards the second half of this three year funding promise. they're saying there's a cry six now, about 100,000 vacancies in the system at the moment —— a crisis now. what will the government do to help

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it is not a care cap, it is a care corn. he addressed _ a care cap, it is a care corn.ody could have seen this pandemic coming and that had changed the landscape completely. ltruiith coming and that had changed the landscape completely. with respect to him, he said _ landscape completely. with respect to him, he said he _ landscape completely. with respect to him, he said he had _ landscape completely. with respect to him, he said he had fully- landscape completely. with respect to him, he said he had fully worked| to him, he said he had fully worked a plan for social care. why did his fully worked out a plan for social care that he had two years ago not need an increase in national insurance, but his plan for social care need one? he insurance, but his plan for social care need one?— care need one? he would argue because of— care need one? he would argue because of the _ care need one? he would argue because of the pandemic - care need one? he would argue because of the pandemic and i care need one? he would argue because of the pandemic and a | care need one? he would

but getting care rirht challenging social care.ing care right for future is vital - challenging social care. but getting care right for future is vital for - care right for future is vital for people like 34—year—old edith, who has multiple sclerosis. more than half of current care spending is on younger adults. half of current care spending is on youngeradults. she half of current care spending is on younger adults. she works and wants to make the most of light but staff shortages means she struggles to find is enough support.— shortages means she struggles to find is enough support. everyone is one accident _ find is enough support. everyone is one accident or _ find is enough support. everyone is one accident or one _ find is enough support. everyone is one accident or one illness - find is enough support. everyone is one accident or one illness away i one accident or one illness away from needing social care and you don't realise until you needed how vulnerable the system is and it is really frightening when you are in it. and

care? care, care for physical and learning disabled adults? the fastest—growing care challenge. where is the plan for the crisis facing millions of unpaid family carers that the prime minister always forgets? and what is his message to the unpaid, the young and small business owners hit by covid who now faces unfair tax? this prime minister does not have a globe and fairness and he just does not care! i don't think in a long career listening to liberal democrat opportunism, i have heard anything so absurd. he calls for more funding and then attacks the government for actually providing the wherewithal to do exactly what he wants. we will be ensuring we are spending half £1 billion supporting carers, 700,000 more training places and the plant supports —— the plan supports up and down the country, notjust a plan for the elderly. down the country, not “ust a plan for the elderlyh down the country, not “ust a plan for the elderly. reform social care has been dogged _ for the elderly. reform soc

care. though again, there's a big caveat with that _ though again, there's a big caveat with that because it's not necessarily money to actually improve — necessarily money to actually improve the social care system, its money _ improve the social care system, its money to _ improve the social care system, its money to protect people from having to spend _ money to protect people from having to spend their own private income and own_ to spend their own private income and own private wealth on social care costs — and own private wealth on social care costs in later life. so there is a lot — care costs in later life. so there is a lot of— care costs in later life. so there is a lot of caveats, and all the papers — is a lot of caveats, and all the papers are _ is a lot of caveats, and all the papers are struggling with that. this promise, that the express or talk about, — this promise, that the express or talk about, the idea that they will make _ talk about, the idea that they will make every

care is being cut, care — care, the fact that care is being cut, care workers are working on poverty—care workers _ poverty wages, for community care workers is — poverty wages, for community care workers is often less than minimum wage _ workers is often less than minimum wage because they don't get travel expenses— wage because they don't get travel expenses or sick pay. thisjust tihkers — expenses or sick pay. thisjust tinkers around the edges of the problem — tinkers around the edges of the roblem. ~ . , ., ., tinkers around the edges of the roblem. . . , ., ., ., problem. what is the alternative to raising national— problem. what is the alternative to raising national insurance - problem. what is the alternative to raising national insurance here? i problem. what is the alternative to l raising national insurance here? the government will say the alternative to this is more debt cover barbering something that would settle more future generations. what something that would settle more future generations.— future generations. what do you think is a better _ future generations. what

and from october 2023, no—one entering care in england would pay more than £86,000 on personal care inchanges apply to england. there are separate arrangement in scotland, wales and northern ireland, and they will receive more than £2 billion a year, in extra health and social care funding. 0ur political editor laura kuennsberg has more details. even most of the cabinet were in the dark... morning, sir. happy to be raising taxes and breaking promises? ..until this much—anticipated plan emerged this morning into the bright light. there were some polite objections behind closed doors, but no straying from perfect manners for the cameras. i'm happy to give great support borisjohnson, who is a wonderful prime minister. even though borisjohnson�*s breaking a promise, raising a tax to catch up after covid and pay for social care. we must now help the nhs to recover, to be able to provide this— much—needed care to our constituents |and the people we love, and we must| provide the funding to do so now. we will also fix the long—term - problems of health and social care. a low tax party? well,

for a care package. ,. for breaking their manifesto romise. ,, , . promise. sir ed davey, thank you very much- _ promise. sir ed davey, thank you very much- the _ promise. sir ed davey, thank you very much. the vote _ promise. sir ed davey, thank you very much. the vote is _ promise. sir ed davey, thank you very much. the vote is expected | promise. sir ed davey, thank you i very much. the vote is expected just before seven o'clock this evening, not expecting a big conservative backbench rebellion, so it is expected to go through, but the displayed this afternoon already raising quite a lot of and answered questions about this plan, how exactly is it going to work in practice, how will local authorities get the money they need to enact this, for example? pete, for the moment, thank you very much. stay with us, because the education secretary, gavin williamson, hasjust responded education secretary, gavin williamson, has just responded to the accusations that he had confused marcus rashford, the footballe

turning to social care, mr speaker, turning to social care, mr speaker, turning to social care, under carers will still be pushed to breaking point, there is no plan for that. working aged adults with disabilities will have no more control of their lives, there is no plan for that. pay and conditions will not improve or care workers, there is no plan for that. let me speu there is no plan for that. let me spell that out. a purely paid care worker will pay more tax for the care of that they are providing without a penny more in their pay packets and without a secure contract. the prime minister shakes his head. my sister is a purely paid care worker so i know this first hand. this is a tax rise that breaks a promise that the prime minister made at the last election. i promised that they all maids at the last election. every single one of them. a tax rise on young people, supermarket workers and nurses. a tax rise that means a landlord renting out dozens of properties will not pay a penny more, but the tenants working in full—time jobs word. a tax rise that places another burden on busi

the first, does it fix social care? the second, is it fix social care?broken promise, unfair, it is a tax onjobs. at the broken promise, unfair, it is a tax on jobs. at the general election less than two years ago, the prime minister said, less than two years ago, the prime ministersaid, read my lips, we will not be raising taxes on income, vat, national insurance. the chancellor of the exchequer, not sure where he is today, went further and solemnly said, our plan is to cut taxes for the lowest paid through cutting national insurance. they have broken their legally binding promise on international development, making it again on the triple lock, and the country is now littered by tory broken promises torn from their election manifesto, all of the mothers opposite, promises day may to their constituents and to the country, promises used to count for something, today the tory word and guarantees from the prime minister count for absolutely nothing at all. i will take an intervention at maybe he can tell us what he put on his election leaflets. i he can te

a cap on care is l that, the costs associated to care.esn't include, if you move into a care home, it doesn't include the daily living costs, things like the accommodation, the energy bills, the food bills. the government hasn't said what proportion of our care home costs will count towards those living costs, there is accommodation costs. but the previous incarnation of the cap the coalition government first considered, they set that at £12,000 a year. the average care home costs £36,000 a year. so those living costs are about a third of that. for the average care home resident, only £24,000 of the annual spending will go towards that cat. the £24,000 of the annual spending will go towards that cat.— go towards that cat. the prime minister used _ go towards that cat. the prime minister used to _ go towards that cat. the prime minister used to say _ go towards that cat. the prime minister used to say that - go towards that cat. the prime minister used to say that the i go towards that cat. the prime - minister used to say that the social

care. ., . . social care.case but some criticisms even from your own back bench and for example the specific one that jake berry mentioned, what reassurance can you offer voters that the effectively £12 billion, much of which the government acknowledges initially as a go to swimming at the backlog, well then simply be taken off the nhs budget when you come to introduce the changes to social care which will actually come in for several years was meant we have been very clear this is without being able to deal with the backlog with the nhs as a result of covid—19 but also to address the issues of social care. something that needs fixing and successive governments have not actually really grasp this issue and the labour party were in government for 13 years and did not address this. and again the labour party have just not sent out a plan to say what they would do. i have just not sent out a plan to say what they would do.— what they would do. i appreciate that at the _ what they would do. i appreciate that at th

. , ., , ., .,, ., ~ care. kind of heartache _ care. the promise to ease that kind of heartache is _ care. the promise to ease that kind of heartache is familiar _ care. the promise to ease that kind of heartache is familiar to. - care. the promise to ease that kind of heartache is familiar to. made i of heartache is familiar to. made repeatedly long before his first moment in number ten. we repeatedly long before his first moment in number ten. we will fix the crisis in — moment in number ten. we will fix the crisis in social— moment in number ten. we will fix the crisis in social care _ moment in number ten. we will fix the crisis in social care once - moment in number ten. we will fix the crisis in social care once and - the crisis in social care once and for all, with a clear plan we have prepared. cheering you might remember this commitment, too. we you might remember this commitment, too. ~ ., ., , , too. we will do all these things without raising _ too. we will do all these things without raising income

take priority over social care? very concerned- — take priority over social care?nd i think social care has always been the poor cousin of the nhs. what i would like to highlight is that every day, millions of people are not getting the social care that they need and have a right to — and that's really a national scandal. access to social care, my charity provides free support to those with needs, and we see so many cases that are so distressing. just the other day i was speaking to someone who's waited over ten months to get an assessment. imagine if you had to wait ten months to see a doctor — this is really no different. in terms of the options than for how this gets funded, what do you think the government could consider, and what's your preferred option? 50 i what's your preferred option? so i think the most _ what's your preferred option? sr i think the most important thing is to recognise that we need a long—term funding solution, we don't need a sticking plaster, and there needs to be enough money. so we talked about some pretty big figures — it's important

that's_ through reforms on social care. that's in— through reforms on social care. _ that's in the very early stage, that was in her— that's in the very early stage, that was in her programme for government which _ was in her programme for government which was _ was in her programme for government which was unveiled to the scottish parliament on tuesday. but crucially what this _ parliament on tuesday. but crucially what this scottish parliament will receive as — what this scottish parliament will receive as a result of this tax increase _ receive as a result of this tax increase by borisjohnson is an extra _ increase by borisjohnson is an extra ill _ increase by borisjohnson is an extra {1.1 billion a year. the snp particularly, particularly its mps but also — particularly, particularly its mps but also those from scottish government ministers have leveled criticism _ government ministers have leveled criticism that the tax is aggressive. nevertheless, you can really— aggressive. nevertheless, you can really tell— aggressive. nevertheless, you can really tell the d

take care.meone who has been out of front line politics for a while but can become a bit of a strategist, has a little bit still in the game, knows the policies. he covered that story in 2018. nick, norman lamb, and liz kendall, we did an interview with all three of them. it's the only time i've done an interview with three people at the same time. they explained how they thought it would give force to this idea, the fact they would come together, talked about that idea of visibility, and if people saw it on their payslip they would understand it and would be up for paying more. here we are, three years later, even though we didn't read out a quote from borisjohnson. an all—consuming ego and utterly without conscious, but there we go. i said we would have a look at this week's events within a more scientific way. we are going to do that because we have a pollster in the cupboard. it is ben from ipsos mori poll. good evening. have you been looking at the social care stuff this week in terms of ho

_ will need to sell their house to pay for care. ., ,., ., for care.aid raising national— for care. the labour leader said raising national insurance - for care. the labour leader said | raising national insurance would for care. the labour leader said - raising national insurance would hit working people hard while many would still have to pay large sums of the costs if they needed care. his plan is to impose _ costs if they needed care. his plan is to impose unfair _ costs if they needed care. his plan is to impose unfair taxes - costs if they needed care. his plan is to impose unfair taxes on - costs if they needed care. his plan i is to impose unfair taxes on working people. _ is to impose unfair taxes on working pe0pie. my— is to impose unfair taxes on working people, my plan is to ensure those with the _ people, my plan is to ensure those with the broadest shoulders pay their— with the broadest shoulders pay their fair— with the broadest shoulders pay their fair share. with the broadest shoulders pay theirfairshare. i with the broadest shoulders

to persuading him to grasp the nettle of social care reform.— of social care reform.of social care reform. to be fair to the daily mail, they backed - the daily mail, they backed theresa may's plan back in the 2017 general election. they said it was bold, great, and good to have a prime minister who is telling us the truth. and when you've been consistent, it's ok to blow your own trumpet. but i think there are real concerns — and it comes in what mike wasjust concerns — and it comes in what mike was just saying — concerns — and it comes in what mike wasjust saying — over the concerns — and it comes in what mike was just saying — over the two ways in which spending this money won't exactly float into improving the social care experience, both working age disabled adults and also older people often towards the end of their life in need of care. we've talked about the nhs which has an extraordinary capacity to suck up money, you can put any amount of money, you can put any amount of money into the nhs and it would vacuum it up. but on the other side, there's the fact th

access to care. the caller also brought up an important point about employee sponsored health insurance. it is a challenging marketplace especially for small businesses. we have to provide opportunities for small businesses to think about other ways and mechanisms to ensure employees. host: dr. brian miller >> the house is back in session at 2:00 p.m. eastern. today they'll debate legislation to ends the sentences disparities of possession of crack cocaine and powder cocaine. and the house will debate the $1.2 trillion bill the senate passed last month. speaker nancy pelosi says the hous

and it's allowed -- [inaudible] care for 9 million veterans which is what v.a. cares for today. in addition to that, you have the v.a. voluntary service which comes out of that, all of the volunteers in the hospital system. that's another legacy. the department of medicine and surgery act. so just quite a lot of things that came out of that time period that are a hallmark hofstra care today. of v.a. care today. >> that is so interesting. how much world war ii shaped what we know today as veterans benefit, veteran health care. so at point we are going to turn it over to our audience for their questions. so if you have any questions for jeff or katie, please place them either within the q&a section on zoom, or if you're watching through facebook live, place them as a comment within the video stream. and just as a reminder, if you have questions related to your eligibility or current benefits, please contact your local v.a. the first question i have is specifically for you with, katie. what was the criteria for v.a. hospital sites outside of just rural versus urban especially looki

and specialty care. it is now easier to get a complex multiple organ transplant in san francisco than to get an in-county bed or nearby bed in sub-acute. i also want to comment that free standing sniff, sub-acute is dangerous. we are already seeing extreme quality of care problems due to staffing shortages in free-standing nursing home that do post acute rehab. i think the deficits in care could be quite dramatic and dangerous if we expect a free standing sub-acute that can't even staff a regular post acute sniff rehab ward to -- >> thank you for sharing your comments theresa palmer. next caller. >> i am vivian, board president of the mental health association of san francisco. this is the current situation. my friend, like many others was sent to sub-acute facilities hours away. he is isolated from his support system and technology. his limited phone access, no library, no computer, no conversing as most residents have dementia. family and friends can't rely on getting through to his room when they call

, out of our care homes and going _ homes, out of our care homes and going to _ homes, out of our careg that staff have already left care homes, theirjob in care homes, because of this requirement that is coming down the line, that they will have to be vaccinated?— line, that they will have to be vaccinated? ~ , ., ., , vaccinated? absolutely. care homes, we have lost — vaccinated? absolutely. care homes, we have lost a _ vaccinated? absolutely. care homes, we have lost a lot _ vaccinated? absolutely. care homes, we have lost a lot of _ vaccinated? absolutely. care homes, we have lost a lot of stuff, _ we have lost a lot of stuff, especially nurses, who were not going _ especially nurses, who were not going to — especially nurses, who were not going to be vaccinated. we have done everything _ going to be vaccinated. we have done everything physically possible, we have looked at what the hesitancy i5 ah, have looked at what the hesitancy i5 ah. we _ have looked at what the hesitancy i5 ah. we have — have looked at what the hesitancy i5 ah, we have worked with government, we have _ ah, w

of others and the social— would take care of others and the social care — would take care of othersk— enough, more has to be done. but i do think that — enough, more has to be done. but i do think that ultimately the reference to grey voters often is seen _ reference to grey voters often is seen as — reference to grey voters often is seen as somewhat derogatory for people _ seen as somewhat derogatory for people who are older and actually do deserve _ people who are older and actually do deserve a _ people who are older and actually do deserve a little more care. and actually bother _ deserve a little more care. and actually bother to _ deserve a little more care. fific actually bother to turn out deserve a little more care. fific actually bother to turn out and vote with rather high numbers. how much of this though, polly, is down to us, the electorate? in that we need to be treated like adults, but the politicians are fearful of doing so and saying, look, if you want the services you're going to have to pay for them somehow. you can only make the current amount of taxes stretch so f

and specialty care. it is now easier to get a complex multiple organ transplant in san francisco than to get an in-county bed or nearby bed in sub-acute. i also want to comment that free standing sniff, sub-acute is dangerous. we are already seeing extreme quality of care problems due to staffing shortages in free-standing nursing home that do post acute rehab. i think the deficits in care could be quite dramatic and dangerous if we expect a free standing sub-acute that can't even staff a regular post acute sniff rehab ward to -- >> thank you for sharing your comments theresa palmer. next caller. >> i am vivian, board president of the mental health association of san francisco. this is the current situation. my friend, like many others was sent to sub-acute facilities hours away. he is isolated from his support system and technology. his limited phone access, no library, no computer, no conversing as most residents have dementia. family and friends can't rely on getting through to his room when they call

the va cares for today. the va voluntary service comes out of that in the hospital system, that is another legacy, the department of medicine is here to react. quite a lot of things came out of hallmark care today. >> so interesting, looking back on our discussion of how much world war ii shaped what we know today with a veteran so at this point we are going to turn it over to the audience for their question. if you have any questions please place them in the q and a section on zoom or if you are watching to facebook live place and never comment in the video stream and as a reminder, your eligibility your current benefits please contact your local va. for you, katie delacenserie, what was the criteria for va hospitals outside rural versus urban post-world war ii medical care? >> really good question. following the civil war a lot were placed not nearly large population centers but rural areas that could be accessed by train or other transportation as well, and post-world war i period you had hospital space i

care and in the health care of unborn babies. this bill does the opposite. i urge my colleagues to oppose, and i yield back. thank you. mrs. rodgers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i yield one minute now to the chairman of the democratic caucus, the gentleman from new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. jeffries: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the distinguished chair for yielding and for his leadership in advancing this incredibly important issue. america is the land of the free and the home of the brave, but we cannot truly be a free country unless women have the freedom to make their own health care decisions. the radical right's effort to take away that freedom all across the country is unacceptable, unthinkable, untenable, unconscionable, and un-american. we're going to make it unlawful. we're going to pass the women's health care protection act, and we are going to protect and respect a woman

, vision care, hearing care. that's in exchange for agreeing to only use certain networks of doctors and hospitals. you can get more benefits in most parts of the country with medicare advantage and that's what a lot of people are opting to do. it's currently optional. you can remain with the traditional medicare package which allows you to see any provider who accepts medicare which is most of them. you can buy a medicare supplement insurance policy that will help you pay the rather large medicare deductible and copayment or you can opt into one of these medicare advantage plans. republicans would like to see more of that and less of the government side. democrats believe there should be a medicare advantage and don't believe people should be pushed into it. host: jerry in virginia, independent all step turn down your television. caller: hello? good morning. we all know that drug prices are too high in this country. europeans of price controls and even mexico and canada. that's a moot point at this time. what i'

care. mps will vote later on plans for a £36 billion injection for health services. todayis today is the first step in introducing these massive reforms which will affect virtually everyone. the big question hanging over them is, will they work? who's paying? and how much? i look at what it means for you, yourfamily, and your business. more than 1000 migrants have crossed the channel by boat in the past two days alone stop today the home secretary will meet her french counterpart to demand more action to stop the crossings. almost six years after the paris terror attacks which killed 130 people, 20 men will go on trial today. good morning. scotland are victorious in vienna. the win of austria sees them take a huge step towards a place at their first world cup finals in 23 years. it lost its funding just five years ago, but wheelchair rugby still managed to clinch gold at the paralympics. two of the stars willjoin us here in the studio to tell us how they did it. and whilst it is another hot

the other one survived but remains hospitalized now in a palliative care setting, in a comfort care setting. another decision at the hospital involved deciding which patient got intubated because there were not enough beds in the icu. another patient died at a rural alaska hospital because they needed cardiac catheterization. they were, quote, waiting for a bed to free up so we could transfer them, said the hospital chief of staff. and that patient died. providence, alaska, the hospital that previously set up crisis standards of care that. >> set up a three-person wellness team at the hospital to help their own doctors and nurses who are struggling with these kinds of decisions, because imagine if you were a doctor or a nurse trained to provide extreme -- going to -- trained to go to the most extreme end of the range possible to save the lives of your patients, and you're now in a situation where you're triaging people. you're not likely to make it. you're less likely to make it than these other people, so we're going treat them, not you. i mean, the psychological effect that that has on do

for care home residents, whilst the new care cap will limit what they have to pay to £86,000, only careit — not food and accommodation. the government also says local authorities will be expected to increase their fees and negotiate for self—funders, so they don't pay more than council residents. there's been a cross—subsidisation in the sector from people that are paying privately, and that needs to end, and this new funding will mean that local authorities will be able to pay more for the care package, which hopefully will then translate itself into even more support for the workforce. it's fair to say that there's been a mixed reaction from people who work in, commission, or use care services. 0n the one hand, there's relief that there's finally a plan for them to work with. but they're also worried about the money. i'm told that in local government, the mood is one of despair. they can see the new levy increasing wages, more demand coming from people now eligible for support, and they're not convinced the money is there to cover it. conservative—run somerset county council is one of

before they actually seek care. others may never look at it, but they certainly have a right to know it if they want to. we've learned over the last decade that far fewer consumers look at this information than we might have expected. but, you know, when you think about the complexities of navigating the health care system, it can be extremely overwhelming. so i don't think we have reached the health care, but before it can happen, we need to have data available. health care purchasers such as the service system need to be able to see health care prices, because today prices are one of the biggest drivers in health care cost growth. there are wildly different prices across the same marketplace from one provider to another, whether the quality differs or not. and these are things that purchasers can take into consideration when they're making decisions about health care benefit design, health care provider network. how they want to go about paying providers. and many purchasers have also asked plan members to take on

it could mean child care costs are going to increase. that is if you can find child care.c hit. the overall u.s. workforce is down 4.5%. retail jobs down 2%. bars and restaurants down nearly 8%. but for day cares, the loss is 12%. 12% of the workforce. more than 125,000 day care workers, poof, gone. despite rebounding since last year's pandemic shutdown. if demand for child care is high, why are these skilled workers not returning to their jobs at day care centers? i spoke earlier today to heather who runs her own day care center in clyde, ohio, a small town west of cleveland. heather, let me start by saying, full transparency, we're taping this right now during naptime at your day care because this is the only time you can do it. you're so short staffed. and pretty much alone taking care of all of the kids. you have told me that i can talk in this voice, though, without fear of waking them up because you're in the other room so i don't want anybody worried about that. tell us how bad it is for you. how difficult this is. >> well, i usually have no problems getting even su

for care home residents, whilst the new care cap will limit what they have to pay to £86,000, only carenot accommodation costs. the government also says local authorities will be expected to increase their fees and negotiate for self—funders so they don't pay more than council residents. there has been a cross—subsidisation in the sector from people that are paying privately, and that needs to end and this new funding will mean that local authorities will be able to pay more for the care package, which hopefully will then translate itself into even more support for the workforce. it's fair to say that there's been a mixed reaction from people who work in, commission or use care services. 0n the one hand, there is relief that there's a plan for them to work with. but they are also worried about the money. i'm told that in local government, the mood is one of despair. they can see the new levy increasing wages, more demand coming from people now eligible for support, and they're not convinced the money is there to cover it. conservative—run somerset county council is one of many authoriti

it is a combination of not attracting enough people and health care workers are exiting health care inr concern. romaine: are they exiting because of pay, working conditions? janet: a lot of things. in many cases, turnout. in the early days of the pandemic, there was a lot of good feeling toward health care workers at a feeling there was nothing we can do, we have to help folks. with a vaccine available now, and so many choosing not to take it, it is very, very discouraging. and there is a lot of anger. and just exhaustion. however, you are right, when it comes to some sectors like nursing homes and areas, the pay is not enough to attract them -- and other areas, the pay is not enough to attract them. taylor: when you talk about burnout in the financial industry, we have been talking about working 16 hour days, at least now you will get extra money, but it doesn't solve the underlying problem that you are burnt out, you're just getting more money. how do you fix that underlying burnout if money isn't enough to keep you in the industry? janet: it is an issue, especially when you conside

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why people face exorbitant care bills and still not get the care bills and still not get the care theyt don't feel that boris johnson along the blue wool. theyjust don't feel that borisjohnson represents them, orshares feel that borisjohnson represents them, or shares the values. they are not convinced the prime minister is competent or worse still decent. applause applause a person's true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity, the saying goes. these last 18 months have been full of adversity for us all. from family separated to businesses closed, from education installed to loved ones lost. the british people have shown their true nature in the face of this adversity in their courage and their kindness. the bravery of the nhs and care workers, the resilience of front line workers, everyone who kept to the rules and made enormous personal sacrifices to protect others, to look after their kids and to save their businesses. so many people fighting back against coronavirus. you all make me so proud of our country. applause — . but then there is the prime minister and _ . b

speaker, yesterday's social care plan forgot family caring. millions are wiping bottoms, washing and dressing our loved ones, whether elderly or disabled, ill or dying. we just want a fair deal. so, will the prime minister raise cares allowance? will he guarantee proper rates for caring? will he change employment law, so we can balance caring with work? will he show enough professional help starting with a new visa for terrors --carers? why does the prime minister keep ignoring us and taking us for granted? >> i certainly knowledge the massive debt we owe to unpaid carers up and down the country and we thank them for what they are doing. what this plans does -- what this plan does is it means that there will be a huge injection of support both in the private sector and from the government into caring across the board. i believe that will be for unpaid careers as well. what we are also doing for them is making sure that we invest now have a billion pounds in their training, and their profession, to make sure that they have the dignity and progr

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of care to people who need it. the goal of crisis standards of care is to extend care to as many patients as possible and save as many lives as possible. implementation of crisis standards of care is meant to be a last resort. it means all other options for addressing resource limitations have been explored. overwhelming disaster or public health emergency. again, this is for all public health districts in the state of ohio. it's for the the entire state now. the declaration they've issued today explains why they've pulled the trigger, how they got to this dramatic and absolutely unprecedented point. as we've been reporting in the last few days, it was just over a week ago now that crisis standards of care were implemented for specific hospitals in north idaho, including the coeur d'alene area. just the overwhelming of hospitals in that part of idaho due to covid was already provoking its own kind of crisis even in neighboring washington state. hospitals and even just individuals were deciding to try to get patient

provide care are desperate.eep their staff, they can't pay their staff enough. what the state pays for each person is much too little and i am afraid it doesn't solve any of those. it's a little bit, but probably about the same little bit that's been given every year as a bung to keep it going. and to begin with, the money is going to go to the nhs anyway, rather than to social care, because the government thinks there is catching up to do because of the backlog of cases brought about by covid, where only covid patients were really being seen in hospital. simon, we have got this rather unusual situation where we have got a conservative government in favour of tax increases and a labour opposition who don't want to see them because, as polly alluded to there, they don't regard them as being fair, they're being regressive, so what's the alternative? well, the phrase that is doing the rounds at the moment is, i good politics, bad policy, i in the sense that the politics of it is that by increasing national insuranc

we have millions of people who cannot find child care. we have families in vermont and maine paying 20%, 30%, 40% of their limited incomes for child care which is pretty crazy. we have child care workers who are employed at starvation wages. the system is not working. it is broken. it is dysfunctional. and it is not a radical idea to say that every family in america, when mom goes to work and dad goes to work should be entitled to high quality and affordable child care. a lot of studies out there that say -- says take the best investment we can make in federal dollars is to our children. and that's why we have got to expand what we're doing in child care and under this legislation, no working family in this country will be paying more than 7% of their income for child care. so if you're paying 20% now, you're paying 30%, we will reduce that to no more than 7%. and on top of that and of extraordinary significance, we're going to make pre-k education for 3 and 4-year-olds universal and free, and we are going to do, bottom line, what almost

i just had a quick question about mental health care. is there anything in this package that will help people who are deeply hurting beyond the physical side effects of this pandemic? sen. sanders: absolutely. there are billions of dollars going into the mental health crisis. one of the things that is unbelievable is that we are spending more money per person on health care and yet, we don't have enough doctors, nurses, dentists, and we do not have enough mental health practitioners. the problem with a crisis before the pandemic is that it is much worse now. to answer your question, yes. there will be billions of dollars going into mental health. i also want to say to the young people that are here. we need your help. we need young people to go into nursing, mental health, medical school, become doctors, teachers. we need to rebuild the public sector of this country which has been ignored for so many years. to answer your question, it is a crisis for the kids in schools. it is a crisis for everybody. in every state in this country. the a