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Many American Long Covid patients face medical debt after insurance denies claims

Thu, 2023-03-09 15:39 — mike kraft

Some long Covid patients face big medical bills and denied insurance claims. How to navigate coverage. Millions in the U.S. are out of work because of severe long Covid symptoms, and many are struggling to pay their medical bills. Here's how to navigate insurance coverage. NBC News

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Experts say insurance companies will often deny claims for care related to long Covid because they don't see it as a “medical necessity.”

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Proposed budget indicates the White House Covid operations are winding down

Thu, 2023-03-09 00:18 — mike kraft

The latest sign the White House Covid operations are winding down? Its proposed budget It’s the latest sign the administration is moving to a new phase of the pandemic fight and uninterested in battling House Republicans on this front. POLITICO

...The White House proposal, which is scheduled for release Thursday, is expected to drop a call Biden made last year for tens of billions of dollars to fuel the ongoing crisis response, including purchasing more vaccines and treatments, three people familiar with the matter told POLITICO.

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International Pandemic fund needs much more money --World Bank

Tue, 2023-03-07 15:54 — mike kraft

Pandemic fund vastly oversubscribed, more money needed - World Bank More than 100 low- and middle-income countries have put in early bids for at least $5.5 billion from a fund that initially has only $300 million to spend to help them better prepare for pandemics. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Biden new budget proposes Medicare funding boost, lower costs for prescription drugs

Tue, 2023-03-07 15:24 — mike kraft

Biden will seek Medicare changes, up tax rate in new budget WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants to increase taxes to boost funding for Medicare and expand the program’s ability to negotiate lower costs for prescription drugs, according to advance details of his budget proposal being released later this week. AP NEWS

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Billions of dollars and 35 years of US investment in research led to development of mRNA COVID vaccines --study

Fri, 2023-03-03 15:35 — mike kraft

35 years of US investment in research led to development of mRNA COVID vaccines CIDRAP

In the three decades leading up to the pandemic, the US government invested $31.9 billion in research that supported the development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in 2020, $337 million of which was invested before the pandemic, finds a Brigham and Women's–led study published yesterday in The BMJ. ...

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Biden administration to seek $1.6B funding to counter pandemic fraud

Thu, 2023-03-02 14:58 — mike kraft

Biden pushes for $1.6B funding for pandemic fraud measures President Joe Biden's administration is asking Congress to approve more than $1.6 billion to help clean up the mess of fraud against the massive government coronavirus pandemic relief programs . AP NEWS

...In a strategy announced Thursday, the administration called for money and more time to prosecute cases, to put into place new ways to prevent identity theft and to help people whose identities were stolen. ..

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U.S. FDA cleares the first home flu and Covid test — but its maker just declared bankruptcy

Mon, 2023-02-27 15:33 — mike kraft

The FDA has cleared the first home flu and Covid test — but its maker just declared bankruptcy The FDA's authorization of the first at-home test that can detect flu and Covid-19 came just days after the test's maker, Lucira, filed for bankruptcy. Brittany Trang STAT

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U.S. Government to select 10 costliest drugs for Medicare pricing negotiation

Fri, 2023-02-17 22:52 — mike kraft

U.S. to select 10 costliest drugs for Medicare pricing negotiation The U.S. government will select the 10 costliest prescription medicines to Medicare for negotiating prices with drugmakers starting early next year, the program's top official said on Friday. Ahmed Aboulenein Reuters

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Some Americans Are Delaying Medical Care because of higher bills

Fri, 2023-02-17 15:57 — mike kraft

... While some people avoided seeking medical care during the worst of the pandemic, worried about the risk of infection or unable to get an appointment because hospitals and doctors were overwhelmed, now many are finding that inflation and the uncertain economy have thrown up another barrier.

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Stop-and-go federal funding floods public health agencies with cash during crises but starves them of funds afterward.

Mon, 2023-02-13 14:08 — mike kraft

JACKSON, Miss. — When the coronavirus first scythed through the nation in early 2020, few places needed help fighting it more than Scott County, Miss., a rural patch of chicken processing plants and pine forests an hour east of the state capital, Jackson.

The poverty rate for the county’s 28,000 residents was far above the nation’s. So, too, were rates of diabetes and other chronic illnesses that worsen the risk of severe Covid-19. Yet Mississippi’s health department, struggling under huge budget cuts ordered by the state’s Legislature, had deployed just two nurse practitioners to cover a quarter-million residents in Scott and eight other counties.

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