Biden's $400 Billion Bet on Caring for Older and Disabled Americans at Home

<p>President Biden wants to spend $400 billion to help older and disabled Americans get health care at home as part of his $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, a huge investment in an often neglected part of the health care system.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests:</p><p><a href="https://www.urban.org/author/howard-gleckman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Howard Gleckman</a>, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute</p><p><a href="https://ldi.upenn.edu/expert/rachel-m-werner-md-phd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rachel Werner</a>, MD, PhD, Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania</p><p><br></p><p>Learn more and read a full transcript of the episode: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2021/04/08/bidens-400-billion-bet-on-caring-for-older-and-disabled-americans-at-home/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/2021/04/08/bidens-400-billion-bet-on-caring-for-older-and-disabled-americans-at-home/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: <a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/723a3a91-aa98-4a64-91a9-ec3049cc20d7/bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter</a></p><p><br></p><p>Support this type of journalism today, with a gift: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/donate</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>