Sept 03, 2021
As the country continues to fight its way through the COVID-19 pandemic and a rapidly changing economy, Congress is debating priorities to include in the upcoming legislative package. While Americans have heard the most about the “hard infrastructure” components such as job-creating roads, bridges and broadband, the Biden administration’s proposal includes robust “soft infrastructure” such as caregiving and paid family and medical leave. Despite the media and political labels, the truth is there’s nothing soft about the caregiving crisis in which America finds itself, and there’s nothing harder for working and retired Americans, and those people caring for older parents, spouses and other loved ones, than balancing caregiving needs with basic financial stability.