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cord-305660-kvxa6lq0	Byock, Ira	Heroism and Hypocrisy: Seeing Our Reflection with 2020 Vision	2020-11-01		.txt	text/plain	1548	110	63	In the ''no margin, no mission'' mindset of America's health care culture, leaders believe they cannot afford to pay a living wage to all employees, that doing so would decrease their company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), damage stock prices and risk lowering their bond ratings. Boards of directors of health care companies, including both for-profit and not-for-profit entities, must require that all workers are paid a living wage and treated fairly, regardless of the opinion of the market or bond rating agencies. Each company's diversity, equity, and inclusion policy should mandate transparent public reporting of direct care workers' median wages, benefits, and annual turnover rates, along with the proportion of part-time to full-time employees. There is an H word for health care company leaders who call their frontline caregivers heroes, while neglecting to protect their health or pay them a living wage: Hypocrites.	./cache/cord-305660-kvxa6lq0.txt	./txt/cord-305660-kvxa6lq0.txt