Love Doesn't Pay The Bills
By Two Squared Media Productions
In Love Doesn't Pay the Bills, we explore the role of family caregivers in the modern United States through personal stories and interviews with leaders. Care work is vital to all other aspects of life, yet often under-resourced. Caregivers cannot house and feed ourselves or provide for our own medical needs based on our love for our family members alone: access to income matters. We also have the same needs as other workers for regular time off, to participate in social life and recreation, and for ongoing education and new opportunities over time. email Lisa: [email protected]
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Latest episode
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Start Small: With Guest Suzanne Ricklin
Financial impact can be one of the most difficult aspects of being a family caregiver. Suzanne Ricklin joins us to discuss the particular impact of caregiving on Women investors, and encourages each of us to start small because saving even a little.… -
Everybody Cares: With Guest Jay Chaudry
Jay Chaudry and Lisa get philosophical about care. We acknowledge the multi-faceted nature of care as a main feature of the human experience. Beyond narratives that place care firmly on one side or the other of various binary descriptions, care is… -
What Would It Mean to Have Work Requirements Attached to Medicaid: With Guest Mary-Beth Malcarney
We've talked a lot recently about possible cuts to Medicaid. One possible way de facto cuts could be implemented is work requirements. Mary-Beth Malcarney joins us to talk all about how such requirements would impact people who currently use... -
What Caregivers Can Do to Preserve and Protect Services for People With Disabilities: With Guest Casey Doherty
There are threats to Medicaid among many other services, and today we talk about how to help preserve access to public services for disability related support needs that help both caregivers and people with disabilities. There are various approache… -
Susan Reinhard LDPTB 032025 final
What is the care provided by family caregivers financially worth? We discuss the value of unpaid care in America, how this value is beginning to be recognized or properly supported and what listeners can do to help make sure it is. "Susan C.... -
We Need to Keep Medicaid Strong for care recipients and families: with Guest Nicole Jorwic
With recent threats to https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/politics/medicaid-proposed-cuts-what-matters/index.htmlfunding, we discuss why Medicaid is important to care in the United States, what it is and what cutting funds might mean. - “More than 72... -
We Built a Fabulous Care Team Around Us: With guest Mike George
Mike George helps families rewrite their caregiving story – from one of sacrifice and exhaustion to one of joy, strength and resilience. A family caregiver himself for 3 decades, Mike intimately understands the burdens of supporting the primary care.… -
Microdoses of Self Care for Family Caregivers: With Guest Dr. Merle Griff
Dr. Merle Griff is the author of the author of... -
A Systemic Failure to Invest in the Care Workforce: With Guest Joe Macbeth
The Chief Executive Officer and President of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP), Joe Macbeth joins us to talk about the labor pool for these employees. Joe's experience in the field of intellectual and developmental... -
This Real Person Needs Real Supports: With Guest Calli Ross
Calli Ross returns to the show to discuss a bill currently making it's way through the Oregon state legislature. Named for her son, Tensy's law will make good on the legislative intent behind OR SB91 passed in 2023. SB91 created a waiver for...
