by Jordana Choucair | Jan 19, 2022 | D.C. News
The White House said it will distribute 400 million N95 masks for free beginning next week. The masks will come from the federal Strategic National Stockpile and be made available for pickup at pharmacies and community health centers nationwide. The initiative is the...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 19, 2022 | Life Sciences
Pfizer Inc. said its COVID-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid, was effective against the omicron variant in three separate lab tests. The development is an encouraging sign given some other COVID-19 treatments appear not to work as well. Even so, supply of Paxlovid remains...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 19, 2022 | Payers
Data released today by the National Health Interview Survey revealed that about 3.5 million adults 65 and older and 1.8 million Medicare beneficiaries under 65 had difficulty affording their medications in 2019. The report shows that Black and Latino adults over age...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 19, 2022 | Payers
According to an Axios analysis of federal data, approximately 75 percent of Medicare Advantage (MA) patients are enrolled in health plans run by just six insurers. The analysis found that three – UnitedHealth Group Inc., Humana Inc., and CVS Health Corp. – have seen...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 19, 2022 | Payers
A new Morning Consult poll found that 55 percent of private-sector workers are in favor of employer vaccine mandates. Among adults overall, support for employer requirements has decreased slightly from 61 percent in September, when Biden first announced the policy, to...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 19, 2022 | Providers
The CMS published new COVID-19 vaccination deadlines for many health care workers in light of the Supreme Court ruling. The new deadlines require providers to make sure their employees have had at least one shot by February 14 and are fully vaccinated by March 15,...
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