The people left out of the infrastructure deal
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The infrastructure bill making its way through the Senate doesn\\u2019t include money for caregivers. Today, we dive into what it\\u2019s like to take care of a partner who has a disability and to often not get compensated for that labor.
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Earlier this week, the much anticipated infrastructure bill started moving through the Senate with bipartisan support. What\\u2019s left out of the bill, though, is what\\u2019s being called \\u201chuman infrastructure\\u201d \\u2014 money for things like quality child care and care for elderly people and those with disabilities.
Today, we\\u2019re diving into one of these groups that\\u2019s being left out of the bill: people who care for their partners who have disabilities.
Video editor Amber Ferguson learned that in most states, if you\\u2019re giving care to a partner with a disability, you cannot be compensated if you\\u2019re married. And those people who aren\\u2019t getting compensated for their labor are usually women.
\\u201cIt\'s just not sustainable for me to do this every single day in the way that I have been,\\u201d said Jane Morgan, who has been caring for her boyfriend largely by herself since he became quadriplegic in 2019.
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