The vice president’s health care plan is meant to help Americans who are struggling to find affordable home care for themselves or aging relatives.

Harris said the additional cost to cover home health aides would be borne by expanding Medicare drug price negotiations. Right now, Medicare covers at-home skilled nursing care, home health aides and certain limited other services solely in specific circumstances. Families largely provide the care themselves or foot the bill.

Vice President Kamala Harris is proposing a new Medicare benefit for in-home eldercare, part of a pitch to middle-aged voters who are grappling with the dual cost of raising children and attending to their aging parents.