The home care workforce grew between 2008 and 2019, from 840,000 to more than 1.4 million. However,  the pace of that growth slowed after 2013. At the same time, the number of Medicaid-covered patients seeking home care rocketed upwards, rising from just over 2 million in 2008 to more than 3.2 million by 2019. The result: an 11.6% drop in the availability of home care workers for every 100 patients seeking their help.

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