Harris’s Plan for Long-Term Home Care Services is a “Game Changer” for American Families and Seniors Who Want to Stay in Their Homes
Washington D.C.— Today, Vice President Kamala Harris released a new proposal to add an in-home health care benefit to Medicare. During an appearance on the View, Harris announced her plan to allow Medicare to pay for in-home services, allowing seniors to access the services that help them age with dignity and giving caregivers more breathing room to go to work, care for their children, and pay for other essentials. Harris’s proposal would cover the cost of these services by expanding Medicare’s ability to negotiate lower drug prices.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump and JD Vance want to restrict health care access. During his time in office, Trump and Republicans in Congress tried to cut Medicare by hundreds of billions all to pay for their tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. Project 2025 lays out a blueprint for slashing Medicare coverage for seniors, increasing prescription drug prices, increasing fraud throughout the system, and forcing seniors to pay more for their health care. If Trump and Vance get their way, millions of seniors will be left uninsured during the time of their lives when they need health care the most.
Protect Our Care Executive Director Brad Woodhouse issued the following statement:
“Kamala Harris’s plan to add long-term home care services to Medicare would be a game changer for families and for seniors who want to stay in their homes. Vice President Harris is a health care champion and she is putting improving access to health care at the forefront of her campaign. Harris recognizes the challenges that middle-class families face every day: securing affordable child care, caring for aging parents, and keeping up with high health care costs. Adding a home care benefit to Medicare means giving financial relief to caregivers and seniors the independence and dignity they deserve as they age. Coupled with Harris’s proposals to expand lower drug prices, improve maternal health, and cancel medical debt, her health care agenda will lower costs and make a real difference for working families across the country.
“At a time when Donald Trump and his MAGA allies want to go backwards and gut Medicare, raise prescription drug costs, and rip away affordable coverage, the stakes for health care in this election could not be higher.”