Harris launches extensive health insurance plan to provide long-term protection
Vice President Kamala Harris announced a plan on Tuesday that would address one of the biggest challenges in U.S. health care by strengthening Medicare coverage to include long-term care at home for seniors.
The Democratic presidential candidate revealed the proposal on “The View,” one of several high-profile media appearances this week as she and Republican former President Donald Trump rush toward the November finish line. One of the appearances.
“We have a lot of people in this country who are in the middle: They’re taking care of their children and they’re taking care of their aging parents, and it’s almost impossible to do it all, especially if they work,” Harris said in a live interview. “We’re seeing a lot of people having to quit their jobs, which means losing their source of income, not to mention the emotional stress.”
Harris focuses on the “sandwich generation,” Americans who care for their children while also caring for their aging parents.
below planMedicare, the national health insurance program for seniors 65 and older and some people under 65 with certain disabilities or illnesses, will provide home health for those enrolled in the program, according to her campaign benefits, as well as hearing and vision benefits.
Currently, long-term care services such as home health aides are not covered by Medicare for the most part.
According to her campaign, the benefits would be funded by “expanding Medicare drug price negotiations, increasing the discounts drug manufacturers offer on certain brand-name drugs in Medicare, and addressing Medicare fraud.”
Harris’ campaign said she also plans to “crack down on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to increase transparency, disclose more information about costs and regulate other practices that drive up prices,” and she will also “implement international tax reform ”.
The campaign did not cite a price tag but noted similar plans It’s estimated to cost $40 billion annually, “and that doesn’t take into account savings from avoiding hospitalizations and more expensive institutional care, or the additional revenue generated by more unpaid home caregivers returning to work when needed.”
The proposal is presented with the nominee comprehensive economic planPart of that involves tax cuts for more than 100 million Americans, including a $6,000 tax break for new parents in the first year of their child’s life.
Trump responded
In response to the offer, the Trump campaign said on Tuesday that the former president “will always fight for America’s seniors who have been left behind by Kamala Harris.” Press release.
The campaign also cited Medicare Advantage policy The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services extended the program during Trump’s first term.
The event reiterates 2024 Republican PlatformThe chapter on protecting seniors says Trump will “prioritize home care benefits, shift resources back to home elder care, overturn disincentives that contribute to caregiver shortages, and support unpaid home care through tax credits and reductions in red tape.” personnel.
Harris and Howard Stern
On Tuesday, shortly after “The View,” Harris called Trump a “non-serious person” during a live broadcast on “The Howard Stern Show” and said the consequences of his re-election would be “extremely serious.”
She also renewed her criticism of Trump’s nomination of three of the five members of the U.S. Supreme Court who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022, a reversal that ended nearly half a century of constitutional abortion rights.
“This has nothing to do with abortion, there’s basically a system now that says, as an individual, you don’t have the right to make decisions about your body. The government has the right to make decisions for you,” she said.
Harris said she would appoint Republicans to the Cabinet if elected.
Cheney is the vice chair of the U.S. House of Representatives January 6 Committee investigating the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Harris did not reveal a specific preference, but said Cheney was “smart,” “wonderful” and a “dedicated public servant.”
Cheney is among a number of prominent Republicans who have endorsed Harris. she Running with the Vice President in Ripon, Wisconsin — the birthplace of the Republican Party — just last week.
Trump talks to Ben Shapiro
Meanwhile, Trump said in an interview on “The Ben Shapiro Show” that aired on Tuesday that Harris was “terribly incompetent.”
“Biden is incompetent, she’s just as incompetent, and in a way, she’s more incompetent,” Trump told conservative political commentator and Daily Wire co-founder Shapiro, referring to Joe Biden. Become president.
Trump also criticized Harris’ Monday interview CBS News “60 Minutes” Said the vice president “answers questions like a child.”
Trump added: “She answered the question in the most basic way and she was killed for it.”
Looking ahead to the Harris and Trump campaigns
Harris is also scheduled to appear on CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Tuesday night. She will also appear at a Univision town hall in Las Vegas, Nevada, which airs Thursday.
Trump was scheduled to participate in a roundtable with Latino leaders and a Univision town hall in Miami on Tuesday, but both events were postponed due to Hurricane Milton.
Trump is scheduled to speak in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday. He will continue campaigning in the Keystone State later in the day with a rally in Reading.
