KFF October 11, 2024
On October 8, 2024, Vice President Harris proposed to expand Medicare to provide home care to help families who are struggling with the costs of long-term care. If enacted, this would be the first major expansion of Medicare since the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 that added a prescription drug benefit to the program.
Vice President Harris proposes to create a new home care benefit for eligible Medicare beneficiaries. Under the proposal, Medicare beneficiaries would be eligible for the new benefit if they are unable to perform activities of daily living such as bathing and eating or have a serious cognitive impairment, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Although the proposal is not fully specified, it “recognizes that the vast majority of...
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