Health care including access to long-term care provided to people in their homes and communities should be a right, not a privilege.
Elizabeth Warren
The Public Record
Elizabeth Ann Warren is an American attorney, academic, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Massachusetts since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a prominent advocate for consumer protection, economic equality, and corporate regulation. Warren gained national recognition for her work in establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has focused on issues such as student debt relief and healthcare reform during her tenure in the Senate.
Well, that is a really important point, that HCBS looks different depending on where you live, and the access is limited.
It's why we must raise the minimum wage to at least $15 and make sure workers have the ability to join a union to advocate for our own futures.
For years, reports have highlighted that private equity owned facilities provide worse care than other nursing homes.
Private equity facilities own approximately 11 percent of nursing homes nationwide.
Private equity-owned facilities generally 'deliver poorer quality of care' than other chain-affiliated for-profit facilities.
Private equity ownership was also associated with 'declines in other measures of patient well-being, such as lower mobility.'
We have to make sure--and obviously COVID has shown the ability of the facilities to recruit and retain quality staff is a challenge.
When the coronavirus hit, nursing homes were ground zero. Today, at least 34,000 nursing home residents and 1,600 staff members have died of COVID-19.
The United States raises less revenue from corporate income taxes as a share of GDP than all other countries in the G7, and almost all other countries in the OECD.
Low corporate tax revenue also slows gross domestic product because there is not adequate investment in our infrastructure.
Our problem is not just the $15 an hour minimum wage. Our problem is the filibuster because it blocks us on everything that doesn`t fit through.
It was born of racism and a way to try to keep the south happy, the southern senators, by giving them extraordinary power to be able to block any civil rights legislation.
Our problem is the filibuster because it blocks us on everything that doesn`t fit through.
I hope so. It is time. We need our mail on time, and that means we need to show DeJoy the door.
Oh, yes, I do. Look, let`s remind everybody what the wealth tax is, and that is, this is for fortunes bigger than $50 million. Your first $50 million is free and clear, but your $50,000,001, you`ve got to pay two cents, at two cents on…
We`re in Washington to fulfill our promises to the American people, to make this government work for them, not to give Mitch McConnell a veto.
Because it`s legal because the big banks call the shots in Washington, and that`s how the regulations have remained.
This is about having someone who has this moment where she actually can reset the relationship between the United States and the tribal nations.
The SEC's job is to provide transparency about these companies' market tactics and make sure they do not rip off customers.
Robinhood gets more than half of its revenue from collecting fees for pushing its customers' orders to outfits like Citadel.
The stock market is supposed to be about capital formation creating long-term value for companies so they can grow and create jobs.
It is riddled with conflicts of interest that allow the giants to win every single time.





