Vice-President [Kamala Harris](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/kamala-harris), announced a plan to provide long-term, at-home care services through Medicare, the public health insurance program for Americans older than 65.
If approved, the program would represent a major expansion of Medicare, which currently only covers at-home care under narrow circumstances. Harris made the announcement on ABC’s The View, a day-time talkshow popular with older women.
santaclaws_ on
As an old person, this would be quite the gift.
iamwearingsockstoo on
But how will residential care facilities owners force the elderly to sell their houses due to exorbitant costs, thus robbing the next generation of any inheritance and freeing up the real estate market?
dharp1998 on
This is great news for an aging population. Just have to find caregivers and pay them well.
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Vice-President [Kamala Harris](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/kamala-harris), announced a plan to provide long-term, at-home care services through Medicare, the public health insurance program for Americans older than 65.
If approved, the program would represent a major expansion of Medicare, which currently only covers at-home care under narrow circumstances. Harris made the announcement on ABC’s The View, a day-time talkshow popular with older women.
As an old person, this would be quite the gift.
But how will residential care facilities owners force the elderly to sell their houses due to exorbitant costs, thus robbing the next generation of any inheritance and freeing up the real estate market?
This is great news for an aging population. Just have to find caregivers and pay them well.