Joseph Robinette Biden, Remarks by President Biden at Signing of Executive Orders Strengthening Americans’ Access to Quality… (2021)
“ And as we continue to battle COVID-19, it’s even more critical that Americans have meaningful access to healthcare. And so that’s what I’m about to do. And again, I’m not initiating any new law, any new aspect of the law. This is going back to what the situation was prior to the President’s executive orders. And the first one I’m going to be signing here is to strengthen Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. And of all times that we need to reinstate access to, affordability of, and the extent of access to Medicaid is now, in the middle of this COVID crisis. ”
