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Do we simply not care about old people?

Avatar photo by Judith Graham, KFF Health News February 11, 2024February 10, 2024

In the last week of 2023 and the first two weeks of 2024 alone, 4,810 people 65 and older lost their lives to covid — a group that would fill more than 10 large airliners — according to data provided by the CDC. But the alarm that would attend plane crashes is notably absent.

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America’s health system isn’t ready for the surge of seniors with disabilities

Avatar photo by Judith Graham, KFF Health News January 21, 2024January 18, 2024

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