Commonwealth Fund October 14, 2020
Gretchen Jacobson, Aimee Cicchiello, Elizabeth Fowler

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Both President Trump and former Vice President Biden have prioritized Medicare coverage gaps, though in different ways

Neither Trump nor Biden has proposed a plan for directly addressing the financial solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which pays for beneficiaries’ hospital bills

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Older Americans traditionally make up the biggest voting bloc in U.S. elections, with the number of people age 65 and older growing by more than 30 percent in the past decade. Because older Americans made up such a high proportion of the electorate, policymakers tend to focus on the health care issues important to them — like improving or expanding Medicare, long-term care, and caregiver support — particularly in an election year. Others...

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