Public Option(al): What Happened to Biden's Big Idea?

<p>Despite President Biden’s&nbsp;<a href="https://joebiden.com/healthcare/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">campaign promise</a>&nbsp;to create a public option, the policy has been missing from his first 100 days in office. A handful of states, however, are forging ahead with public option legislation.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests:</p><p><a href="https://lapa.princeton.edu/people/heather-howard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heather Howard</a>, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs</p><p><a href="https://chir.georgetown.edu/faculty_sabrina_corlette/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sabrina Corlette</a>, JD, Georgetown University</p><p><br></p><p>Dig deeper into the research and tradeoffs of integrated care on our website: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/?p=11328" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/2021/04/29/public-option-what-happened-to-bidens-big-idea</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>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>