Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders released the Medicare Dental, Hearing and Vision Expansion Act 1 on the floor of the U.S. Senate. The bill would greatly expand enrollees' access to dental, vision, and hearing services through the traditional Medicare Program. A similar bill 2 was also introduced in the House by Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX).
Public Citizen Health Care Advocate Eagan Kemp issued the following statement:
“Dental, vision, and hearing services are crucial forms of health care.” said Kemp. “At the same time Trump and his cronies in Congress try to rip health care away from millions and push for further privatization of Medicare, Senator Sanders and Representative Doggett are showing what one of our top priorities in health care should be – improving traditional Medicare. The introduction of this legislation is an important step to ensure Medicare enrollees can access the care they need, and we hope that Congress will act quickly to pass these common sense reforms. Health care is a human right.”
This content originally appeared on Common Dreams 3 and was authored by Newswire Editor.