Senate Democrats could send seniors $1,000 cash vouchers to buy expanded Medicare benefits next year

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Senate Democrats are weighing issuing millions of seniors up to $1,000 in cash vouchers in the $3.5 trillion social spending plan so they can purchase new Medicare benefits next year while they're set up, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity to share details of private negotiations. The Washington Post first reported the story.

Senior Democrats haven't finalized an amount, though $600 to $1,000 is the range under consideration with talks still in flux.

Senate Democrats are seeking to expand Medicare so it covers dental, vision, and hearing benefits in their party-line social spending package, which they will press through the reconciliation process requiring only a simple majority vote. It's a top priority for Sen. Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, and it has support from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-democrats-could-send-seniors-dollar1000-cash-vouchers-to-buy-expanded-medicare-benefits-next-year/ar-AAOh1bE

[LakeArenal]

1. Cool.

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2. senatir coal lobbyist wont like this much nt

[Trailrider1951]

3. I'll believe it when I see it. I'm still waiting for my $1400 stimulus. The IRS Get My Payment

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I didn't get my $600 one either. I had to claim that on my tax return.

I did get my refund, about 3 or 4 months ago. I collect Social Security and I used to work before the pandemic shut me down. I filed year 2020 tax return in February, 2021. Who knows when I'll see that $1400?

[Backseat Driver]

4. Great, better late than never, but it sounds like I'll be blind, deaf, and on pablum

before there's help with glasses, hearing care, or other than the simplest dental care coverages. I told my girls I'd see a doc this year, and then decide too if an Advantage plan was right for me. Open enrollment will be beginning again soon with all that mail and the incessant phone calls. I despise the whole idea of those gifts of Medicare Advantage to private insurers with agendas that benefit their filthy rich execs and greater restrictions of choice to subscribers. This amounts to a carrot on the stick for planning what to do...SMH Syndrome has no cure!