Health lobbies aim to scale back Democrats’ Medicare ambitions

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Health lobbies aim to scale back Democrats’ Medicare ambitions
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Prospects for Medicare expansion are further complicated by a price tag that could exceed $350 billion over a decade and surpass the cost of other health priorities under discussion.

Prospects for Medicare expansion are further complicated by a price tag that could exceed $350 billion over a decade and surpass the cost of other health prioritiesHouse Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth pauses for reporters after meeting with the House Democratic Caucus and Biden administration officials to discuss progress on an infrastructure bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 15, 2021.

under discussion, like an extension of Obamacare subsidies or an expansion of in-home care. With moderates like Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on shrinking the size of the overall package, the expansion could yet founder on budgetary concerns, if Republicans remain unanimously opposed. Rep. Lloyd Doggett , chair of the House Ways and Means health subcommittee, said seniors could wind up paying a percentage of the cost of their dental, vision and hearing services, despite misgivings about how that could weigh on some low-income“We’ve argued a little bit about the importance of ensuring that the people that are the neediest are the ones that are sure to be able to get some help,” he said.

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