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“We thank Governor Ned Lamont and his team for extending the Premium Assistance enrollment through April 7th. Union estimates show that 1,500 to 2,000 home care providers could benefit from the Premium Assistance stipend, which allows a worker up to $1,950 per year for insurance premiums,” said Rob Baril, President of SEIU 1199 New England.
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On Wednesday, March 1st, in the Legislative Office Building, home care providers, Union leaders, and community partners rally and engage in civil disobedience to denounce the State of Connecticut’s failure to deliver on the health insurance stipend benefit won in our PCA Union contract. Over 1,500 of the state’s 11,000 independent waiver personal care attendants
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SEIU 1199NE has learned that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved federal funding for the home care Personal Care Attendant (PCA) contract in Connecticut. This approval marks the first time that PCAs will have access to a stipend to offset the cost of purchasing health insurance, which thousands of PCAs do not