Governor: ‘Unsung’ home health workers in Virginia to receive $1,500 in hazard pay for pandemic work

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has authorized $73 million in federal virus relief funding to be allocated to home health care workers in the state.

The governor’s office reported that an estimated 43,500 medical employees will receive a one-time pre-tax hazard paycheck of $1,500 for those who served Medicaid patients between March 12 and June 30.

Northam said in a statement that these health care workers are often unseen, unsung, and underpaid but they need an incentive for putting themselves in harm’s way during the pandemic.

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