Vice President Harris will focus on challenges for caregivers on Tuesday by unveiling a plan to provide new Medicare benefits for in-home care for the elderly, campaign officials said.
She is scheduled to unveil her proposal for the first-ever expansion of Medicare to include home health care on ABC's “The View,” where campaign officials say she can reach viewers of the “sandwich generation.” The so-called “sandwich generation” is thought to be made up of Americans who are juggling raising children and caring for aging parents.
Harris will argue that this plan, along with her proposal to lower child care costs, is aimed at easing the financial burden on that generation. According to campaign officials, the sandwich generation demographic includes nearly a quarter of Americans, and a high percentage of undecided voters.
Medicare home care benefit plans cover services such as home caregivers and are intended to help families avoid the high costs of housing elderly relatives in nursing homes.
If elected, the vice president would expand Medicare drug price negotiations, expand the discounts drug companies receive on certain Medicare branded drugs, and crack down on hidden costs from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). will propose that the benefits be paid. have reportedly Her campaign says she engaged in price gouging.
Harris has spoken about caring for Shyamala when her mother was diagnosed with cancer, and is expected to talk about her personal experience caring for family members when she announces the new plan.
Harris' campaign sees long-term care as an issue that mobilizes female voters, especially older women worried about their economic security, campaign officials said. Seniors in particular are a voting group that Harris is working to expand to support her in the election, the official added.
