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Paxlovid Has Been Free So Far. Next Year, Sticker Shock Awaits.
Hannah Recht Almost 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government. The Pfizer tablet has served avert lots of people contaminated with covid-19 from becoming hospitalized or dying, and it might even lower the threat of developing lengthy covid. But the authorities ideas to prevent footing the bill inside months, and hundreds of thousands of persons who are at the best risk of severe sickness and are least capable to pay for the drug — the uninsured and seniors — may well have to pay the complete price tag. And that signifies less persons will get the potentially lifesaving therapies, experts explained. “I imagine the…