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Subject: When Feds Pull Subsidy, Cost of Paxlovid Will Hit Americans Hard
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Dec. 7, 2022 -- About 6 million Americans have received the medication Paxlovid for free to prevent COVID-19 hospitalization and even death.

But next year, the government will no longer subsidize the cost, and Americans will have to pay for the Pfizer drug just like any other medicine.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20221207/when-feds-pull-subsidy-cost-of-paxlovid-will-hit-americans-hard

Politicians can get re-elected running on a platform to restore free Paxlovid,  which shouldn't be dropped in the first place.