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Considers the marginal position of caregiving work in US society. The current situation is described, along with some efforts to address the problem, including the union attempts to organize care work, & the invisibility of this, mostly womens, form of work, which has tended to demean its complexity. It is contended that the gender bias central to care work has robbed it & careworkers of their critical role in society. Further, a look at the low wages for market care work indicates that recognition of the free rider effect of nonwaged & low-wage care work has vast implications for the more equitable redistribution of wealth in the US. However, some feel that mixing money with care work will corrupt the latter, while regulation & commodification also give pause to some with regard to providing adequate compensation. While moving care work into the mainstream is a tall order, signs of change, which are touched on in closing, are evident. D. Edelman