Rhode Island Press Conference Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo is calling for $400 billion to fund elder care in the United States.
In an interview with Reuters , the Biden administration official warned that the shortage in caregivers for senior citizens would hit America “like a ton of bricks” without federal intervention: President Joe Biden does not yet have enough support from fellow Democrats to secure $400 billion in spending for at-home care for the elderly and disabled that the economy desperately need.
Biden in March proposed boosting Medicaid, the federal medical program for lower-income Americans, by $400 billion over a decade to fund at-home care for elderly and disabled people, and increasing wages for caregivers. He remains committed to that $400 billion figure, Raimondo said.
She said details of the pending reconciliation bill — a Democrats-only budget measure that will include parts of Biden’s spending plans not […]
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