False economies of outsourcing care workers

The US government should “drop one less bomb overseas and pay these guys’ salaries” says Walter Spallone, a 64-year-old war veteran who is leading a legal challenge to prevent outsourcing of care workers at his Michigan nursing home.

A New York Times article looks at the implications for the quality of care, living standards of workers and public finances when contractors replace directly employed state workers:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/business/as-states-shift-to-contract-workers-savings-are-not-clear-cut.html?_r=1