Schumer, Sanders Push To Expand Medicare Benefits

The New York Daily News reports:

Millions of elderly Americans on Medicare would get dental, vision and hearing insurance added to their health benefits under a proposal pushed Sunday by Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

Americans age 65 and older have since the 1960s received subsidized health care coverage under Medicare — but Schumer said the program’s lack of additional benefits leave millions with dental problems and expensive bills for vision and hearing treatments.

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Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders want to add dental, vision and hearing coverage to Medicare

Schumer said the program’s lack of additional benefits leave millions with dental problems and expensive bills for vision and hearing treatments.https://t.co/jEfXKOlYg8

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 21, 2021