“Millions at risk of losing health insurance if U.S. ends Covid public health emergency in January”

“Millions at risk of losing health insurance if U.S. ends Covid public health emergency in January,” by Spencer Kimball, CNBC

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“When the public health emergency does end, HHS estimates up to 15 million people will be dis-enrolled from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. HHS will give the public 60 days’ notice before lifting the public health emergency, Health Secretary Xavier Becerra said. The end of the public health emergency will also result in reduced food benefits for the poor and could impact vaccine access at pharmacies among many other consequences.”

 

LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

For a government that survives by ignoring economic reality, nothing is tougher than ending an inflation-inducing give-away. Live by the dole, die by the dole.