Older Americans know that Medicare doesn’t cover so-called “above the neck” things like dental care, vision and hearing. Who needs good teeth, eyes and ears, anyway? 

President Biden has proposed covering these things in his social spending bill that’s stuck in Congress, but a wall of opposition from Republicans, and a few Democrats like West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, has forced the president to retreat. The new bill he’s pushing would cover hearing, but for dental care and vision, seniors will continue paying out of pocket…