These provisions will help Americans get or keep their health insurance and provide economic stability as the country emerges from the COVID pandemic.

When selecting who would run the mass-vaccination program, the city seems to have largely ignored the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, an effective group of licensed, experienced, Black health care professionals led by Dr. Ala Stanford.

President Joe Biden, progressives and moderates support proposals that would generally allow the government to set restrictions on brand-name drugs.

Bottom line: Optimism is warranted, but all of us — even the vaccinated — still need to be careful.