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New Report: 36% of Patients Sacrifice Medications to Afford Basic Needs
New Report: 36% of Patients Sacrifice Medications to Afford Basic Needs
The 2021 Medication Access Report emphasizes medication access barriers further impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and technology that can make a difference
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 26, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The impact from the COVID-19 pandemic caused tens of millions of Americans to lose their jobs, health insurance and, for some, access to their medications.1 New research released today by CoverMyMeds found that 65 percent of patients were financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic2 and 36 percent sacrificed their treatments or medications to pay for bills and basic needs.2 Others have done the inverse: 43 percent have had to forgo paying for essential items and bills to afford needed medications,2 while 41 percent have skipped or modified medicat
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By The World Health Organization
In a busy intensive care unit in Eka Kotebe General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Dr Samuel Getnet, 28, a newly-recruited young and energetic physician anxiously monitors the mechanical ventilators, an indispensable form of life support for COVID-19 patients with respiratory distress.
“I never thought my professional journey would bring me to the place where I’m today at the center of COVID-19 pandemic management team treating and caring for the most severely ill patients who critically need my support and care. Despite the challenges and risks, I am grateful for the opportunity to serve my people at this critical time,” he said.
Nicolas Talbott believes the most capable, intelligent people should serve in the U.S. armed forces, no matter what they look like under their uniform.
It s why the transgender man from Lisbon in northeast Ohio plans to join the military as an officer after he finishes his doctorate degree.
Talbott, 27,
is a master s student at Kent State University and has been trying to join the military for more than four years.
Talbott talked to a recruiter shortly before former President Donald Trump’s July 2017 tweets saying he was banning transgender people from the military.
“It’s been a journey,” he said of his efforts to join the military, which included going through ROTC while at Kent State.