Expand access to home healthcare and long-term care options for those on Medicare and Medicaid.
I will work to expand access to home healthcare and long-term care options for people on Medicare and Medicaid.
Occurrences
Evidence
Amo offered a House amendment to use $75 billion in savings to reverse some Medicaid cuts, which the office said would prevent 700,000 Americans from losing health care.
Amo said older residents deserve to live with dignity and said he was working to keep Medicare strong; he also mentioned a proposal to broaden Medicare coverage for in-home care and said Medicaid rates should go up.
Assessments
Amo has taken concrete federal legislative action related to protecting Medicaid access, including offering a House amendment aimed at reversing Medicaid cuts, and he has publicly supported broader in-home care and stronger Medicare/Medicaid coverage. However, the evidence does not show that access to home healthcare or long-term care options for people on Medicare and Medicaid was actually expanded through enacted legislation or executive implementation attributable to him. This supports partial credit for material effort toward the promise, not full delivery.