Memo: The Public Infrastructure for Care
By Colin McAuliffe Co-founder , Data for Progress and Ethan Winter Senior Analyst, Data for Progress
The Biden administration has a significant opportunity to make our healthcare system more comprehensive and equitable. Although Biden ran on one of the more limited versions of the various buy-in plans, often referred to as “public options,” instead of championing single-payer, there are many opportunities to improve Biden’s plan to build a stronger public infrastructure for healthcare. This raises the question: what strategy progressives should follow to advance the goal of guaranteeing provision of high quality healthcare, free of price at the point of service, to all United States residents as a right?
