DNC Platform: Add Dental, Vision, Hearing To Medicare; Invest In Women’s Health

Traditional Medicare coverage should be expanded to include dental, vision and hearing services, the Democratic National Committee included in its 2024 platform along with several policies the Biden administration has promoted like subjecting ground ambulances to surprise billing requirements and requiring Medicaid managed care organizations to return excess funds to states . To keep Medicare solvent, the platform the DNC finalized Monday (Aug. 19) suggests the party still plans to change taxes to have the wealthy and big corporations “pay...