Biden's plan to invest $400 billion to make long-term care cheaper is really popular

[DonViejo]

The high costs of long-term care impacts everyone. Democrats and Republican voters want Biden to do something about it.

By Ella [e-mail] Apr 15, 2021, 8:10am EDT

A $400 billion investment into senior care and long-term caregiving in President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan may not fall into a traditional definition of “infrastructure,” but it’s one of the most popular provisions in the plan among Democratic and Republican voters alike, according to new polling from Vox and Data for Progress.

The new poll, which surveyed 1,217 likely voters about various provisions of Biden’s $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan and has a 3 percentage point margin of error, showed that Biden’s investment to improve and lower the cost of long-term care for seniors and those with disabilities has broad support — 73 percent of respondents strongly or somewhat backed the proposal.

This provision enjoys strong support from voters across parties: 88 percent of Democrats, 72 percent of independents, and 55 percent of Republicans support the idea.

A partisan debate over what exactly constitutes infrastructure is underway in Congress, with Republicans sticking to a more traditional definition of roads, bridges, airports, and broadband. But the findings of the Vox and Data for Progress poll show that some provisions like increased funding to make long-term care more affordable are popular with voters across party lines.

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https://www.vox.com/2021/4/15/22383587/biden-american-jobs-plan-long-term-care

[Botany]

1. Go big or go home.

This will be very popular and the right and humane thing to do.

[Victor_c3]

2. So, the bill is starting to look like it'll be extremely popular across both parties

Anyone want to bet that the number of republicans that’ll vote for this bill will be greater than zero?

And watch, despite doling out popular legislature and being a decent human being, Biden’s approval rating will, at best, barely stay above 50% for the long haul....

[GoodRaisin]

3. 0 Republicans in the Senate will support improving long term care for seniors.

Their wealthy constituents don't want to pay for that.

[Phoenix61]

4. There needs to be many, many more adult day cares.

No one should have to choose between quitting their job or putting their parent in a nursing home. It would be much less expensive.

[CTyankee]

5. And in home assistance for those who do not want to leave their home just yet.

like me.

[deek]

6. these are the answers nt

[NurseJackie]

7. I'd prefer this over college loan forgiveness.

[cstanleytech]

8. Speaking of those with disabilities they should look at raising the SSDI for the disabled as my

brother who is developmentally challenged gets just under 900 a month and that can only go so far.

[XanaDUer2]

9. Amen! Nt

[Grins]

10. Doesn't matter...

Huge numbers be damned.

If the 45% of Republicans who are against the idea have Senators from enough small states, it’s dead. What the majority of Americans want - they can’t have. We have minority rule.

And I think the only way out of this mess is - to get rid of the Senate.