7 policies in Biden’s spending plan aimed at health equity

Democrats have made big promises to tackle racial inequities across society, including in health care, since protests for racial justice swept the nation in 2020.

Until recently, it wasn’t clear how either lawmakers or the Biden administration would deliver on those goals — but some of the first concrete steps are now taking shape in the new spending plan Democrats are moving.

Embedded in the nearly $2 trillion plan are billions of dollars to help make health care services more accessible and affordable for Americans who slipped through the cracks of existing safety-net policies.