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This Is the Health System That Biden Inherits From Trump
With medical spending down for the first time in decades, gains in care for the poor and vulnerable are under threat.
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“The health care system lost a ton of money when people didn’t show up in March and April,” a health economist said. Safety-net health systems, which give care regardless of patients’ ability to pay, say they’re starting to see richer hospitals pulling further ahead. Credit.Desiree Rios for The New York Times
President-elect Joe Biden will inherit a health system that is trying to care for a population made sicker by both coronavirus and skipped preventive care, all while trying to make up for money lost in 2020.
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The Daily Yonder Rural Hospitals Gear up for Vaccine Distribution, Official Says Challenges will include cooling the vaccine and making sure rural residents get the same level of access to the medication.
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LaShawn Scott receives the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine from Sarah Bishop, Director of Infection Prevention at University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky on Monday, December 14, 2020. Rural health experts are concerned with the pace of vaccine rollout in rural areas. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Some rural officials wonder whether the effort to distribute the newly approved Covid-19 vaccine will reach rural hospitals and health clinics fast enough.
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