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Podcast: This Week in Managed Care—US COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility Expands and Other Health News

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Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

This week, the top news in managed care included COVID-19 cases surging as vaccine eligibility expands nationwide; Senate bill seeks to limit use of step therapy in employer health plans; a look into local and global awareness of the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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Read more about the stories in this podcast:

What We're Reading: RWE Finds Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines Highly Effective; Signs of COVID-19 Surge; Lawsuit Threatens Free Preventive Care

What We’re Reading: COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents; New AML Drug Approval; Pediatric Respiratory Illness Levels Drop

Leveraging Health Data and AI to Predict COVID-19 Hotspots

Senate Bill Seeks to Limit Use of Step Therapy in Employer Health Plans

CeSHHAR Working to Improve HIV Service Uptake, Self-testing in Zimbabwe

2021 Community Oncology Virtual Conference

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