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A lot of my friends have joked: “It feels like all I did in 2020 was wash my hands!” All humor aside, it’s my hope that hand hygiene and washing has been reinvigorated and widely adopted as a primary defense against illness in this country. As I noted in my
TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. What happens in a world where medical innovations like the vaccines that are defeating the coronavirus are no longer possible? That could be the result of a ham-handed effort to make America an “also-ran” country in the global pharmaceutical business. Some lawmakers are trying to revive the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, a bill that passed the House in December 2019 but failed to gain support from a single Senate Republican. With a Democrat in the White House and the Senate di...
Sally Pipes AP TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Health care reform is back on the agenda in Washington. At the end of January, President Biden signed two executive orders that aim to make it easier for people to sign up for coverage. On Saturday, the House passed a $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief package that includes billions in new health insurance subsidies. The president and his allies in Congress are ignoring why the uninsured are foregoing coverage in the first place. Simply put, Obamacare has made i...
TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. There is no single organization that is more intertwined with our state’s health and well-being than UPMC. It is the largest health care provider, the biggest landowner, the largest employer and the largest tax-exempt charity in Pennsylvania. UPMC loves talking about its “life-changing” medicine, but it is time to talk about UPMC’s wages. The essential workers who ensure UPMC hospitals run safely and smoothly have worked day and night to see our community through this...