President Joe Biden laid out what he called his “unity agenda” in last year’s StateOfTheUnion. The AP_Politics team checked up on what happened with his ideas.
to Congress, focused on harm reduction or preventing death and illness in drug users while trying to engage them in care and treatment. The strategy calls for changes in state laws and policies to support expanding harm reduction.
Biden released a national strategy on mental health. But legislation to address children’s tech privacy issues has not yet cleared Congress.IN THE SPEECH: Biden asked Congress for legislation guaranteeing health care for veterans who became ill from their exposure to toxic smoke on bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.major expansion of federal health care services for millions of veterans
The new law, known in Washington and among veterans as the PACT Act, directs officials to assume that certain respiratory illnesses and cancers were related to burn pit exposure. The change helps veterans, and their survivors, collect disability payments without having to prove their illness was caused by their service. Up to 3.5 million veterans could benefit, according to estimates.may have been caused by his exposure to burn pits in Iraq.
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