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The Effect of US COVID-19 Excess Mortality on Social Security Outlays
Featured Experts: Hanke Heun-Johnson, Darius Lakdawalla, Bryan Tysinger
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Heun-Johnson quoted on how excess COVID-19 deaths affected Social Security finances
Featured Experts: Hanke Heun-Johnson
Medscape
Medicare coverage of obesity drugs could presure other insurers to follow suit, Ward says
Featured Experts: Alison Sexton Ward
The Conversation
Rural Americans Don’t Live as Long as Those in Cities
Featured Experts: Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, Bryan Tysinger, Jack M. Chapel
Yahoo Finance
Joyce addresses possible impacts of pharmaceutical tariffs
Featured Experts: Geoffrey Joyce
Commonwealth Fund
Do Medicare Advantage Provider Networks Change the Way Beneficiaries Use Health Care?
Featured Experts: Grace McCormack, Erin Trish
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