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 Booker, a U.S. senator from New Jersey, was due to tell a forum in
the early voting state of Iowa that he would make a dramatic
investment in care for people with long-term health care needs if he
was elected president.
One of the core parts of Booker's plan would be to provide funds so
that low- and middle-income Americans could have the choice to age
in their own homes, and increase pay for care workers to look after
them.
Booker was due to unveil his plan at a forum held by AARP, the
American Association of Retired Persons, in Des Moines, Iowa. The
AARP is a powerful, non-profit organization that advocates for
people as they age, and has roughly 40 million members.
Another candidate due at the event was former vice-president Joe
Biden, currently leading in the polls of the 25 Democrats vying to
become the nominee to take on Republican president Donald Trump in
the November 2020 election.
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"In one of the richest nations in the world, no person should ever
go broke or have to quit their job to afford long-term care or to
take care of a loved one," Booker said in a statement before his
scheduled speech.
Booker said his plan would ensure that all low- and middle-income
seniors and people with disabilities would have access to services
through Medicaid, a federal and state program to assist low-income
Americans.
Booker said he would pay for his plan by changes to the tax code,
including reforming the capital gains, estate and income tax
provisions of the code.
(Reporting by Tim Reid; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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