Trump administration moves to end union dues skimming of homecare workers

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it would change Medicaid's rules to prevent unions from automatically getting a cut of the checks sent to state-subsidized home healthcare workers.

Under the proposed new rules announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, states would be prohibited from diverting any funds away from the workers to a third party, such as unions.

Critics of the current arrangement argue that homecare workers often aren't aware that they are members of unions or that the deductions are being made, since they usually start automatically once they enter the subsidy programs. Under Tuesday's proposed rules change, providers would likely still be eligible to join unions but would have to act on their own to make the payments.

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