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The very first vaccine to secure against COVID-19 could be approved in the U.S. within days, however legislation to assist money its distribution remains bogged down in Congress.
And President-elect Joe Biden has actually tapped California Chief law officer Xavier Becerra as his secretary of Health and Person Services. The choice of Becerra, who served 12 terms in your home of Representatives, is being slammed by Republicans for his assistance of single-payer health care.
This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of Business Expert and Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call.
Amongst the takeaways from today’s podcast:
Also this week, Rovner interviews Michael Mackert, director of the Center for Health Communication at the University of Texas-Austin and a teacher both at the Dell Medical School and the Stan Richards School of Marketing and Public Relations.
Plus, for extra credit, the panelists advise their preferred health policy stories of the week they believe you should read, too:
Julie Rovner: Politico’s “ How Biden Objectives to Covid-Proof His Administration,” by Alice Miranda Ollstein and Daniel Lippman
Kimberly Leonard: Service Expert’s “ Here’s How the GSA Strategies to Sanitize the White Home In between Trump’s Departure and Biden’s Arrival,” by Robin Bravender and Kimberly Leonard
Mary Ellen McIntire: The Atlantic’s “ The Risk of Assuming That Family Time Is Dispensable,” by Julia Marcus
Joanne Kenen: The New Yorker’s “ How Will We Tell the Story of the Coronavirus?” by Andrew Dickson
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