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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

Finding creative solutions to America’s care crisis

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, News, On Point, Daily, Npr

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Many of us struggle to get help taking care of our kids or aging loved ones. How might we rethink the U.S. care economy?

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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.

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This is on point. I'm Deborah Becker. If you're the primary caretaker for a loved

0:37.4

one right now, you might be feeling overwhelmed. Chances are you're also

0:41.6

working full-time while you're responsible for the care of either a child or a senior, maybe both.

0:48.0

More than half of all workers in the United States have care responsibilities outside their full-time jobs.

0:55.0

That's about 90 million people, according to a 20-22 report from Boston Consulting Group.

1:01.0

And almost half of those caregivers

1:04.6

rely on daycare or elder care facilities

1:07.6

or paid-in-home care.

1:09.7

The rest depends on unpaid labor. That report says this is a care crisis, creating not only

1:17.2

stress for individuals and families, but a huge loss to the nation's economy.

1:22.0

So what are some possible solutions? How can we

1:25.5

support caregivers and the millions of people who rely on them? Joining us for the

1:31.4

conversation this hour is Nancy Fulbray. She is professor

1:34.4

emerita of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research

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