In The News
• Fake Vaccine Cards Pose Enforcement Challenge as Mandates Rise
• Covid Vaccines Protect Better Than Earlier Infection, CDC Says
• U.S. Spies Say Covid-19 Origins Unclear Without China’s Help
• Pfizer Shot Cleared for Kids 5 to 11 in Pandemic Milestone
Legislative/Regulatory
• Biden Vaccine Rule Will Let Employers Make Workers Pay for Tests
• Fault Lines Emerge Among Democrats on Drug Price Negotiations
• Biden’s $1.75 Trillion Gambit Shifts Focus to Party Divides
• Pelosi Leading Talks to Add Drug Price Cuts in Biden Plan
• Dialysis Centers to Get $220 Million Medicare Payment Bump
• Biden’s Spokeswoman Diagnosed With Covid After Skipping Trip
Legal
• HCA Healthcare Beats Payment Coordinator’s Retaliation Suit
• Ten GOP-Led States Sue Biden Over Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate
Around The States
• Colorado: Lets Hospitals Turn Away Patients as Covid Surges Anew
• Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Recruits Black Doctors to Boost Covid Vaccine Rate
• Texas: Doctors Sue Agencies Over ‘No Surprises Act’ Regulation
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