Senators Ask Biden to Include Medicare Expansion in American Families Plan

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U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined 16 of his Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden asking him to include proposals to expand Medicare in his forthcoming American Families Plan.

"We write to ask that, as part of the American Families Plan, you propose reducing the Medicare eligibility age, expanding Medicare benefits to include hearing, dental, and vision care, implementing a cap on out-of-pocket expenses under traditional Medicare, and negotiating lower drug prices," the senators wrote. "We have an historic opportunity to make the most significant expansion of Medicare since it was signed into law. We look forward to working with you to make this a reality and, in the process, substantially improve the lives of millions of older Americans and persons with disabilities."

Along with Senator Cardin, the letter was led by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and signed by Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).

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