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A new survey by eHealth and Retirable finds that 80% of Americans worry Medicare and Social Security won’t be available when they need them, amid projections that both trust funds could be depleted by 2034.

Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the "Conversations with Perry and Friends" podcast. In this episode, Cohen speaks with Saar Mahna, J.D., MBA, CEO and founder of Banjo Health, an artificial intelligence company focused on prior authorization.

If approved, doravirine/islatravir would be the first two-drug HIV treatment regimen without an integrase inhibitor, according to the Merck news release.

Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. In this episode, his guest is Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., director of health benefits research at the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

But 25 low- and middle-income countries have responded with plans for increased allocation of HIV funds, says the UNAIDS executive director. "...countries, governments and civil society are not lying down and waiting to die..."

During a KFF media call, experts raised alarms that new Medicaid rules in the federal budget law could lead to coverage losses, higher costs and added pressure on states and hospitals.