Experts say it’s important to speed up the COVID-19 vaccination process as soon as possible.
They say the United States needs to solve distribution and access issues as well as persuade reluctant people to get the vaccine.
Experts say President-elect Joe Biden’s goal of delivering 100 million doses in his first 100 days in office is an important target to hit.
Achieving this goal would, in the short term, lower hospitalizations and deaths, they say.
All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication. Some information may be out of date. Visit our coronavirus hub and follow our live updates page for the most recent information on the COVID-19 pandemic.
By LIBBY CATHEY, KENNEDEY BELL, LAUREN KING and ADIA ROBINSON, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is slated to hand over control of the White House to President-elect Joe Biden in three days. The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to impeach Trump on an article for “incitement of insurrection” for his role in [.]
By LIBBY CATHEY, KENNEDEY BELL, LAUREN KING and ADIA ROBINSON, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is slated to hand over control of the White House to President-elect Joe Biden in three days. The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to impeach Trump on an article for “incitement of insurrection” for his role in [.]
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog:
The dust has settled and the 2020 election has concluded with former Vice President Biden poised to become president. At the same time, Democratic control of the House of Representatives has narrowed to the smallest margin in twenty years and one of the lowest margins for a first term president. Control of the Senate is still up in the air with runoffs on January 5, 2021 in the two Georgia Senate races.
In this memorandum, we look at the health care agenda of President-elect Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. Initially, a Biden Administration will focus most of its efforts on a robust response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also focus on taking administrative action to reverse some of the health policies implemented during the Trump Administration such as the Association Health Plan regulation, short-term, limited-duration regulations and regulations under section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”).