Slap in the face : New Medicare rule to cut emergency doctors pay amid COVID-19 pandemic
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FULL INTERVIEW: New Medicare rule to cut emergency doctors’ pay amid COVID-19 pandemic
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LOS ANGELES - The United States is in the middle of a deadly wave of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving health care workers overwhelmed, exhausted and stretched by shortages of staff, hospital beds and other resources needed to deal with the influx of patients sickened by COVID-19.
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As US rushes to give shots, Tennessee builds vaccine reserve
by Kimberlee Kruesi, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 17, 2020 2:52 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 2:58 pm EDT
FILE - In this July 2, 2020, file photo, Liza Collins, a travel nurse from Ville Platte, La., administers a COVID-19 test at the Rutherford County Health Department, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. As states rush to inoculate health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, only Tennessee has prioritized building its own emergency reserve of the coveted vaccine. The state’s initial shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that arrived Monday, Dec. 14, was not distributed for inoculation, so health care workers had to wait until the second shipment arrived days later. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) As states rush to inoculate health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, only Tennessee has prioritized building its own emergency reserve of the coveted vaccine.
An Associated Press review of each state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans shows that Tennessee alone has specified it will hold back a small portion in “case of spoilage of vaccine shipped to facilities.” The state’s initial shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that arrived Monday was not distributed for inoculation, so health care workers had to wait until the second shipment arrived days later.
The move has baffled health care leaders, who say medical workers should take priority, especially as the state hits record case numbers.
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