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Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke vacuums a rug while he shadowed a home care worker in Las Vegas on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. (Jeff Scheid/Nevada Independent)

Minimum wage increase will help home care workers support families, clients

Despite my crucial work caring for others’ family members, I can barely take care of my own. My miserably low wages of $11.25 an hour are not enough to support my three children and we are forced to rely on food stamps and Medicaid.

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