Kamala Harris rolled out a new policy proposal on The View. Does it stand up to scrutiny?

Vice President Kamala Harris has announced a policy proposal to have Medicare cover the cost of home care workers as part of her broader economic policy.

The vice president and Democratic nominee for president made the announcement on The View, to applause.

“It's about independence for that individual,” she said. “People are declining in skills to some extent, but their dignity, their pride has not declined. They want to stay in their home.”

Harris discussed how she cared for her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, when she was dying of cancer. In particular, she mentioned the small details that are so important when a patient is fragile, such as “trying to cook what they want to eat, what they can eat,” and “picking out clothes for them that are soft enough that it doesn't irritate their skin.”

The View is the most-watched daytime talk show in the United States. The announcement comes as Harris is doing a series of targeted media hits, including going on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast to talk about abortion rights.

Women disproportionately provide care to parents, spouses, in-laws, friends and neighbors, according to the Family Caregiver Alliance.

Harris spoke about the “sandwich generation” of adults caring for both children and their aging parents. She also said that she planned on using money saved from Medicare being allowed to negotiate drug prices to pay for the home care program.

The proposal marks a difference in existing policy that it would use Medicare — historically an entitlement meant for elderly Americans — to pay for home care rather than Medicaid.

“Obviously, there’s always a lot of political fodder around protecting Social Security and Medicare, but actually talking about adding the thing that