Lisa Lee, a home health care worker in Camden, came to the Statehouse on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, to advocate for a bill that would raise wages for herself and other workers. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)
COLUMBIA — For every hour Lisa Lee works caring for people in their homes, her employer receives $25 per hour. In 10 years of work, she has never gotten more than $15 per hour.
Lee’s employer, like all home health providers in the state, gets funding through Medicaid reimbursements for home care waivers. Under state law, providers have no requirement to pay care workers more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour…