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Senate agrees to delay 2% Medicare sequestration cuts for providers … NY lawmakers vote to repeal immunity protections for nursing homes … Report finds that state officials’ lack of preparation for pandemic added to senior deaths at nursing homes … 70% of seniors have had at least one COVID vaccine dose: CDC … More than 2.7 million Medicare beneficiaries were diagnosed with COVID-19 in 2020, CMS data shows