Trump's claim tonight that health insurers "have agreed to waive all copayments for coronavirus treatments" seems to be news to them.
“For testing. Not for treatment.” a spokesperson for the major insurance lobby AHIP says.
Sarah Owermohle
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Sarah Owermohle
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It's pronounced Over-mall. @CNN reporter focused on health policy and politics in Washington DC. Signal: sarah_owermohle.07
- Massive news: We may have WAY more Pfizer vaccine doses than we originally thought — because health care workers noticed extra in the vials.
- Some unproven theories that HHS adviser Paul Alexander pressed to include in Dr. Fauci's talking points: - There is "zero" risk for kids to get Covid - Kids shouldn't wear masks - Testing asymptomatic people "makes no logical sense." politico.com/news/2020/09/0…
- The FDA just revoked emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, saying new trials show they "are unlikely to produce an antiviral effect." More info coming:
- Mark Zuckerberg asks Dr. Fauci about unproven rumors that masks have negative effects and Fauci says not only is there no evidence, "I even run with a mask on." (Reminding me it's been a moment since I, not 79 years old, went on an actual run).
- If all these journalists are tweeting their frustration with snagging a vaccine appointment in DC, imagine how hard it is for low income, at-risk people in priority wards like 5, 7 and 8 who don't have the same resources.
- SCOOP: Francis Collins, NIH director for 3 presidents, will resign tomorrow. politico.com/news/2021/10/0… W/ @misswilson @ErinBanco @adamcancryn
- Replying to @ddiamondBlack Panther. Wakanda for sure already has a vaccine sorted out.
- Anthony Fauci might be the only person everyone in Washington trusts right now. I sat down with the nation’s top infectious disease expert to talk three decades of outbreaks and the challenges of coronavirus:
- New: A national panel will consider highly recommending Covid tests indefinitely, a move that requires insurers to cover them at no cost to patients. Some have introduced copays or limited coverage post-emergency:
- Some news! I'm making an exciting move later this month to join @statnews. I'll still be covering the Biden admin's health goals, the industry's intersection with policy and politics, and all things D.C. And you'll still see me on a newsletter, D.C. Diagnosis.
- Anecdotal (and NOT peer-reviewed) data from hydroxychloroquine use among veterans: Mortality was actually higher among HCQ and HCQ + azithromycin patients. But fewer people on HCQ + AZ were on ventilators... medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
- Fauci says he insisted to the admin that passengers should “absolutely not” stay on the California cruise infected with coronavirus. @ddiamond wrote last night about Trump’s reluctance to evacuate the ship because he wanted U.S. case numbers as low as possible.Doctor Anthony Fauci joined FOX News Sunday to give the latest on the spread of the coronavirus and the death toll. The virus has hit Italy hard and the government has shut certain areas down. Chris asked Doctor Fauci if this will be a reality in the U.S. #FNS
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