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Joe Biden and the care economy

Joe Biden and the care economy

Inside the $400 billion black box

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Apr 08, 2021
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R.N Natalie O'Connor hands a vaccine card to Stanley Mowel (L) before vaccinating him at his home in Manchester, Connecticut on February 12, 2021
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When I first heard that the Biden infrastructure bill would include $400 billion for the care economy — possibly characterized as “care infrastructure” — I was imagining, I dunno, a very complicated, multifaceted program to construct child care centers and create subsidized summer programming for low-income…

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