Payers Say COVID and Flu Vaccine Reimbursements Will Remain Solid, Regardless of CDC Changes

This is an important story from The Hill. Not because it’s insightful or even particularly good, but because I think it reflects a dangerous kind of conventional wisdom that is

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So PBM reform is dead, according to the political press covering the government funding negotiations. STAT confirmed that fact with 11 different people, which is a feat.  (Modern Healthcare, not