Here's how Harris' Medicare proposal could help the 'sandwich generation'

There are only four weeks left until Election Day. In the final stretch, Vice President Kamala Harris is finally making space for the discussion of health care in her campaign. 

During her media blitz this week, Harris proposed on ABC’s “The View” that Medicare benefits would include at-home care for the elderly in an effort to avoid high nursing home costs and for those with disabilities. 

The “sandwich generation” are those with both children and aging parents to care for. Could this also be an effort to bring independents and undecided Republicans into the fold? The majority of those caring for elderly parents would fall under Generation X and baby boomers, aged 44 to 69, respectively. Gen X is a crucial demographic and likelier to poll as independent or Republican than Democrat. Boomers lean more toward the right. 

Harris got to the heart of the matter when it comes to being a caretaker of sick parents—or any loved one who is having health struggles, for that matter.