Press Releases

ICYMI: Medicare at Home, “The Issue No One Is Talking About That Might Swing Wisconsin”

Oct 18 2024

In announcing a new policy to cover long term care at home through Medicare, Vice President Harris “may have just made her biggest move to win Wisconsin yet” New polling finds “bipartisan support for leadership on the issue, and scores big points with independents and swing voters alike.”

Kamala Harris’s Historic Home Care Expansion Plan is a Win for Working Families and Care Economy

Oct 10 2024

Harris’s plan would take a huge financial and emotional weight off of workers and families

Care in Action Announces Second Round of State Endorsements in Key Battleground States, Representing Over 102,000 Domestic Workers

Today, Care in Action, the policy and advocacy home for women who care, proudly announces its new round of endorsements, selecting candidates who have demonstrated a deep commitment to advancing the care economy and supporting domestic workers.

On Heels of Kamala Harris’s Historic Home Care Expansion Plan Care in Action PAC Announces Multi-Million Dollar Investment in Virtually Tied Battleground States

Oct 09 2024

Care in Action, the leading organization advocating for care workers and caregivers across the United States, celebrates Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris’s announcement of a historic home care expansion under Medicare.

Care Can’t Wait Action On Vice President Harris’s Historic Long Term Care Proposal: “A Big, Big Deal”

Oct 08 2024

Today, Care Can’t Wait Action leaders issued the following statement on Vice President Harris’s historic announcement of a new plan to cover long term care at home for millions of seniors and people with disabilities through Medicare.

Care Can’t Wait Action: Tim Walz Calls Care “The Biggest Issue” For Families; Lays Out Harris-Walz Vision for Lowering Families’ Care Costs

Oct 01 2024

Care Can’t Wait Action leaders issued the following statement on tonight’s vice presidential debate, where Governor Tim Walz showed how he and Vice President Kamala Harris will lower families’ costs and put working families first by investing in the care economy.

Tim Walz is the Vice President Working Families Need

During the Vice Presidential Debate, Governor Tim Walz shared actionable plans to expand access to affordable child care, aging and disability care, paid leave, and better wages for care workers. 

Care Can’t Wait Action: Harris Centers Care Economy in Expansive Economic Vision

Sep 25 2024

Today in a major speech in Pittsburgh, PA Vice President Kamala Harris laid out her vision for an ‘opportunity economy’ built around supporting the middle class. Harris’s economic plan rightly identifies the care crisis as a major economic barrier for working families and would make aging and disability care more affordable, lower child care costs, ensure paid family and medical leave for all workers, and lift families out of poverty by expanding the child tax credit, all while ensuring workers in the care sector get the fair pay they need and deserve.

Care in Action Announces First Round of State Endorsements in Key Battleground States, Representing Over 145,000 Domestic Workers

Sep 20 2024

Care in Action announces its new round of endorsements for candidates in key battleground states who have demonstrated a deep commitment to advancing the care economy and supporting domestic workers.

Care Can’t Wait Action: Harris Makes Powerful Case for Helping Working Families Afford the Care They Need

Sep 18 2024

Yesterday, in an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists, Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated her vision for helping workers and families by lowering the cost of child care and aging and disability care, making paid leave a reality for all, and expanding the child tax credit–while ensuring workers in the care economy get the fair pay they need and deserve.