PRI's Focus on Health Care
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A look under the hood of 'Medicare for All'
Pittsburgh Tribune Review | Sally Pipes
June 9, 2022
“Medicare for All” is back. For the fifth time in the last decade-plus, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has introduced legislation ([link removed]) that would launch a government takeover of the U.S. health insurance system. “Health care is a human right, not a privilege,” he insisted from the Senate floor May 12.
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New Regulation Will Take Health Care Money From Those in Need
Right by the Bay | McKenzie Richards
June 9, 2022
A new ([link removed]) proposal tucked away in Governor Newsom’s 2022-23 budget plans to divert health care funds to pay for new projects such as housing, transportation, and food security in low-income communities.
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What Is 'Paxlovid Rebound,' And Should It Concern Us?
Issues & Insights | Henry I. Miller & Josh Bloom
June 14, 2022
Decades ago, a case report (relating the experience with a single patient) was published which described how a person’s flu symptoms improved after a bowl of chicken soup, but then reappeared. The article was meant as a kind of parody of the old maxim that chicken soup is the best cure for a cold. Pediatricians occasionally see a similar phenomenon when children are treated with an antibiotic for an ear infection; they may then have to prescribe another course of the drug. We’re seeing a similar phenomenon with Paxlovid, an oral two-drug combination regimen that treats COVID-19. One drug is nirmatrelvir, an antiviral, while the second, ritonavir, inhibits the metabolism of the nirmatrelvir, maintaining therapeutic levels.
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Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Can't Come Soon Enough
Inside Sources | Sally Pipes
June 8, 2022
It has been five years since Congress ordered federal regulators to develop regulations that will allow for hearing aids to be sold over the counter. Yet people today still can’t purchase them.
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