Decoding the State of the Union for Health Care

Show Notes

Listen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Rob Lott outline President Joe Biden's health care aspirations outlined in his State of the Union Address, which includes information on COVID-19, health care costs, nursing homes, opioid epidemic, the cancer moonshot, and mental health.

Related Links:

• President Biden's State of the Union Address (White House)
• Fact Sheet: President Biden to Announce Strategy To Address Our National Mental Health Crisis, As Part of Unity Agenda in his First State of the Union (White House)
• Fact Sheet: Addressing Addiction and the Overdose Epidemic (White House)
• Fact Sheet: Protecting Seniors and People with Disabilities by Improving Safety and Quality of Care in the Nation's Nursing Homes (White House)
• The Speech That Mentioned It All (Politico Pulse)

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