Begin by lowering the age to 55-65.
This group with higher medical needs & at high risk in layoffs with lower prospects for rehire & affordable nonemployer health premiums.

Making vaccination intentionally more inconvenient & more expensive (time off work, paying for extra office visits, which are themselves hard to schedule) is a creative way to reduce the number of fully vaccinated children.

In addition to all factors mentioned in the article, there's also economics. Parents will need to take additional time off work & pay for additional office visits, which themselves are hard to schedule in many areas. Less convenience + greater expense = reduced # of fully immunized children.

Clear misuse of compassionate use which is meant to allow critically ill patients with no other viable approved alternatives access to life saving treatments outside clinical trials. It sets a dangerous precedent whereby powerful, connected patients can bypass the process.

Medicare benefits are already being cut. Telehealth coverage ends April 1.

They also said Medicare would not be touched, but quietly last week eliminated a popular benefit..telehealth visits (phone & video) will no longer be covered effective April 1.

Yep. There is nothing special about them except the profit margin they can impose!

One of my 4 year old patients was just charged $145 for an inhaler that was removed from her PBM’s formulary, and all 3 of those inhalers are “E” for excluded. She can’t use the dry powder, breath-actuated alternatives on the PBM list. Neither can the other millions of kids with #asthma. 4/

Twitter was an effective platform for me, other patients & health care professionals to advocate for care. With the evolution of X, no longer the case.

I'd love to build a health care advocacy network on Bluesky addressing insurance & PBM barriers to care. Follow please if interested. #MedSky