Despite polling consistently showing that voters are deeply concerned about medical care and its costs, neither Donald Trump nor Kamala Harris is offering a sweeping vision of health care reform.
Which would be huge. Right now Medicare doesn’t cover long-term care at all, and programs that do, push people into facilities that cost more per day than in-home care. And it’s a huge stress for the younger generations that get stuck taking care of their wrinklies. With the population lump getting older, this is becoming more important every year.
It hasn’t been a major talking point but Harris does want to expand Medicare to include home healthcare.
Which would be huge. Right now Medicare doesn’t cover long-term care at all, and programs that do, push people into facilities that cost more per day than in-home care. And it’s a huge stress for the younger generations that get stuck taking care of their wrinklies. With the population lump getting older, this is becoming more important every year.