Here's Why So Many Democrats Sound So Anxious About Biden's Health Care Agenda
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Days before the president's big speech, there's a lot of jockeying over what policies to push — and when
Some anxious Democrats and their allies sent President Joe Biden a clear message this week: Don’t forget about health care. The impetus for the message was concern about Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress this coming Wednesday, when he will formally introduce the “American Family Plan.” The proposal is supposed to represent the second half of Biden’s economic agenda, and until recently, the assumption was that health care would figure prominently in it. The only question was which policies, exactly, Biden would endorse. That prompted a familiar-sounding debate over what to prioritize, with progressives promoting improvements to and expansions of Medicare and House leaders, along with other establishment Democrats, pushing reinforcements of the Affordable Care Act.More Related News