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Medicare And Medicaid Turn 56 Today. That’s Not Exactly Cause For Celebration.

Forbes.com | Sally C. Pipes
July 30, 2021

As part of a $3.5 trillion budget package, Democratic leaders have floated lowering the eligibility age for Medicare to 60 from 65. Doing so would cost about $200 billion over a decade. They’re also interested in expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing benefits, at a cost of about $360 billion over 10 years.
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How to beat COVID-19 with ‘Swiss cheese’

Washington Examiner | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
July 30, 2021

Consider pandemics of influenza, the “flu” virus, to which COVID-19 is sometimes compared. Flu pandemics taper off when we reach herd immunity and enough of the population becomes immune, either through infection or vaccination and the virus has difficulty finding new, vulnerable hosts.
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Warning: COVID-19 Lockdowns May Cause Cancer

Newsmax | Sally C. Pipes
July 29, 2021

We must resume our more vigilant posture toward screening for and treating chronic conditions like cancer. That’s even more important as fears about the Delta variant proliferate, and public health officials muse about imposing more restrictions on Americans’ movement and behavior.
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