Biden Vaccine Mandate Risks Worsening Home Health Staffing Woes

The Biden administration’s new Covid-19 vaccination requirement for most health-care employees could allow home health agency workers who don’t want the jab to seek employment at other agencies that may not be subject to the mandate.

If unresolved, the situation could exacerbate a home health staffing shortage and further destabilize the industry’s labor force through increased employee turnover, said Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice. In California, several hundred thousand workers could be affected, Dombi said.

“So long as you give home care workers an opportunity to go continue their work in a home ...