For Immediate Release
October 8, 2024
Washington, DC – Today, Vice President Harris announced an historic proposal to expand Medicare coverage of care for critical services.
The Center for Medicare Advocacy strongly supports this proposed enhancement of Medicare coverage for on-going home care. “Access to services and supports in the home for those who are unable to independently perform activities of daily living would provide immeasurable help to millions of beneficiaries and their families and is an important step forward for the Medicare program,” said Co-Director David Lipschutz. In order to maximize access to care for people who need it, expansion of home care coverage in Medicare should be combined with enforcing the benefit that exists now.
As an organization that has long called for improvements to the traditional Medicare program, which would benefit all Medicare beneficiaries, the Center also strongly supports VP Harris’ proposal to add needed vision and hearing benefits to traditional Medicare.
We look forward to helping to make care at home as accessible and valuable as possible for all Medicare beneficiaries. We offer any assistance we can provide based on our decades of experience working with families seeking this care and our expertise in Medicare law.
Contact:
Matt Shepard, Communications Director
MShepard@MedicareAdvocacy.org
202-293-5760
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About the Center for Medicare Advocacy: The Center for Medicare Advocacy (MedicareAdvocacy.org) is a national, nonprofit, non-partisan law organization that works to advance access to comprehensive Medicare coverage, health equity, and quality health care for older people and people with disabilities through legal analysis, education, and advocacy.