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Subject: Senate narrowly votes to get rid of COVID-19 national emergency
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https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/senate-narrow-votes-get-rid-covi=
d-19-national-emergency

This will not become law anytime soon, but it's looming on the horizon beca=
use Congress has donor class sponsors sorely in need of those billions.

When the national emergency officially ends, the government will stop buyin=
g vaccine and therapeutics to be given away, which means the pipeline goes =
commercial. It is estimated the COVID vaccines will cost $100-$300 range, a=
nd more expensive treatments like Paxlovid could potentially sell for $5000=
.. Because Paxlovid is still EUA, the law prevents CMS from covering it unde=
r Part D plans. What you don't pay for out of pocket, you pay in premiums, =
duh.

Pfizer envisages a world where COVID vaccines are forever administered alon=
g with the flu shot, so much so they have a dual flu/COVID vaccine in trial=
s.