health care insurance
Hannah Keziah Agustin 5-06-2026
April 3, 2026, New York: Home care workers sit-in at City Hall to demand passage of No More 24 Act. With Vittoria Fariello Democratic District Leader for Assembly District 61, Ron Kim New York State Representative, Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso CUNY Law student Labor Coalition, DC 37 Rank and File, DSA Healthcare, Credit: Reuters/Camara Porter.
In New York City, many home care workers work 24-hour shifts for up to five days straight, and are only paid for 13 hours of each shift. If they do not agree to this, they risk losing their job.
Home care workers provide 24-hour, live-in care for elderly and disabled patients, as defined by Medicaid. Home care workers feed, bathe, and administer medicine to patients. These workers attend to their vulnerable patients’ unpredictable needs around the clock. But because insurance companies like UnitedHealthcare and New York Healthfirst receive fixed public Medicaid payments to manage care, they make a profit by hiring only one worker for an entire shift.
Jennifer Kottler 11-18-2010