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Congress and health care in 2025: Disrupting the status quo, and vaccine skepticism
Author(s)Richard Payerchin
Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina), discusses reforms he hopes Congress will consider this year.
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As the inauguration approaches in January 2025, President-elect Donald Trump has selected health care leaders who will bring needed disruption to improve the sector, said
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New patients in big metros wait about a month to see a physician, and shortage areas, coverage losses and a proposed Medicare pay cut are adding pressure ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms.
Flu hospitalizations are arriving early this fall, and Johns Hopkins experts say a physician's recommendation remains patients' best path to vaccination, while a new mRNA flu vaccine faces a coverage question.
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