==I don't understand why we're talking about spending trillions so flippantly and none of it has anything to do with health care. == This is not true. Plenty o

==I don't understand why we're talking about spending trillions so flippantly and none of it has anything to do with health care. == This is not true. Plenty of the $3.5 trillion is aimed at healthcare. Everything is still up for negotiation, but there are lots of provisions focused on health. - Expanded Medicare to include dental, vision, and hearing is in there [1]. - Lowering Medicare age to 60 [2]. - National paid leave [3]. - Negotiated drug prices [4]. [1] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/09/1026104398/democrats-hope-to-beef-up-medicare-with-dental-vision-and-hearing-benefits#:~:text=That%20is%20not%20saying%20it,to%20enactment%20since%20Medicare's%20inception https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/09/1026104.... [2] https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/politics/lower-medicare-eligibility-age-democratic-legislation/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/politics/lower-medicare-eligi... [3] https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210617.789833/full/ https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210617.78983... [4] https://www.rollcall.com/2021/08/12/biden-sets-drug-pricing-goals-as-democrats-go-to-work-on-reconciliation-vehicle-to-deliver/ https://www.rollcall.com/2021/08/12/biden-sets-drug-pricing-...