Health care improvements are minor and largely neglected in Biden’s new plan because he doesn’t want to arouse the ire of health care lobbyists.
Building Back America
Posted inTAP
Universal Pre-K: Will Biden Do It Right?
Today on TAP: Seizing the moment to reclaim the public realm
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First 100: The American Families Plan
Lots of great and critical stuff in it, and huge hurdles to any of it actually happening.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Can Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Save the Superfund Program?
For decades, depleted funds and mounting backlogs have left hundreds of communities with lingering toxins. The infrastructure plan could be an environmental salvation.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden Proposes Government Actually Try to Create Broadband Competition
The broadband proposal in the American Jobs Act prioritizes allowing utilities and co-ops to provide a public option to compete with telecom monopolies. This would be a critical step.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Government’s Unused Power to Regulate Nursing Homes
Let’s not give more taxpayer money to corrupt nursing home operators until we replace them with caregivers who place care over profits.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Cleaning Up Electricity
A federal energy efficiency and clean electricity standard is doable, but getting one through Congress won’t be easy.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Biden’s Promising, Problematic Plan to Plug Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells
The proposed infrastructure package devotes $16 billion to cleaning up abandoned fossil fuel development, but it may serve as a bailout for irresponsible oil companies.
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First 100: Biden Enters the Housing Supply Minefield
The competitive grant program in the American Jobs Plan looks a lot like Race to the Top, which didn’t work out well for education reformers.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
A New Deal Jobs Program Returns in Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
One provision of the American Jobs Plan would devote $10 billion to creating a Civilian Climate Corps.