Harris announces plan for Medicare to cover long-term care at home

The announcement is part of the Harris campaign’s effort to focus on the ‘sandwich generation’ who care for parents, children or both. Photograph: Demetrius Freeman/Getty Images

The Democratic presidential nominee, Vice-President 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.