Based only on the articles, US State-Level Legal Interventions Related to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, and Health Care Sector Confronts Vaccine Mandate, answer the following questions:

a. How effective are mandates or increasing vaccinations?

b. Does the CMS have an effective way of testing compliance with the federal regulations for the vaccine mandate?

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