Editor:
A new bill is heading through Congress that would provide Social Security earnings credit to long-term caregivers.
It’s called H.R. 5024 and was introduced in the House of Representatives July 8. It “deems such an individual to have been paid a wage (according to a specified formula) during each month during which the individual was engaged for at least 80 hours in providing care to a dependent relative without monetary compensation for up to…