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The glaring health equity gap in Democrats’ drug pricing plan

Saturday, September 10th, 2022

Rachel Cohrs STAT News 8-6-22 WASHINGTON — As Democrats approach the biggest overhaul of the Medicare prescription drug benefit in 20 years, they are ignoring a glaring health issue: the unequal treatment of low-income adults 65 and older in Puerto Rico. Residents of Puerto Rico pay the same Medicare tax as other Americans, but they […]