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Democrats try to make dental, vision and hearing benefits part of Medicare Many see expansion of program as overdue, but it wouldn't be easy By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Published: June 26, 2021, 9:46pm Share: FILE - In this April 28, 2021 file photo, President Joe Biden greets Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as Biden arrives to speak to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Many working-age people assume that Medicare covers just about every kind of health care that an older person may need. But it doesn't. Some o...

Biden’s Long-Term Care Proposal Will Test Resolve Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA) There's widespread agreement that it's important to help older adults and people with disabilities remain independent as long as possible. But are we prepared to do what's necessary, as a nation, to make this possible? That's the challenge President Joe Biden has put forward with his bold proposal to spend $400 billion over eight years on home and community-based services, a major part of his $2 trillion infrastructure plan. It's a "historic and profound" opportunity to build a stronger framework of services s...

WHYY By Judith GrahamApril 11, 2021 President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the American Jobs Plan in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) There’s widespread agreement that it’s important to help older adults and people with disabilities remain independent as long as possible. But are we prepared to do what’s necessary, as a nation, to make this possible? That’s the challenge President Biden has put forward with his bold proposal to spend $400 billion over eight years on home and community-based serv...

Biden seeks $400 billion to buttress long-term care. A look at what’s at stake. There's widespread agreement that it's important to help older adults and people with disabilities remain independent as long as possible. But are we prepared to do what's necessary, as a nation, to make this possible? That's the challenge President Joe Biden has put forward with his bold proposal to spend $400 billion over eight years on home and community-based services, a major part of his $2 trillion infrastructure plan. It's a "historic and profound" opportunity to build a stronger framework of services sur...

President Joe Biden's nearly $2 trillion proposal to support U.S. jobs and infrastructure includes $400 billion to fund the kinds of home-based, long-term health care services and aides that many families have, until now, found unaffordable. Long-term care options are expensive and often out of reach for elders and people with disabilities. Part of the president's proposed infrastructure plan would help fund home-based health services. There's widespread agreement that it's important to help older adults and people with disabilities remain independent as long as possible. But are we prepared ...