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Public option in Biden plan could change the face of US health care

  • Written by Michael Williams, Associate Professor of Surgery and Public Policy and Former Director of the UVA Center for Health Policy, University of Virginia
imagePresident Biden's proposed changes in health care include more than revamping our COVID-19 response.Aja Koska via Getty Images

President Joe Biden issued 10 executive orders to fight COVID-19 on his first day in office on Jan. 20, 2021.

Among those orders: Speed up vaccine production, expand testing, support the safe reopening of schools and reduce...

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