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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCOVID pandemic's end may bring turbulence for US health care
https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-business-coronavirus-vaccine-medicaid-fbb66b72937f3517a5d3d1ba8840f339COVID pandemics end may bring turbulence for US health care
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
... the nonpartisan Urban Institute think tank estimates that about 15 million people could lose Medicaid when the public health emergency ends, at a rate of at least 1 million per month.
Congress increased federal Medicaid payments to states because of COVID-19, but it also required states to keep people on the rolls during the health emergency. In normal times states routinely disenroll Medicaid recipients whose incomes rise beyond certain levels, or for other life changes affecting eligibility. That process will switch on again when the emergency ends, and some states are eager to move forward.
The end of the public health emergency would jeopardize telehealth access for millions enrolled in traditional Medicare. Restrictions predating COVID-19 limit telehealth mainly to rural residents, in part to mitigate against health care fraud. Congress has given itself 151 days after the end of the public health emergency to come up with new rules.
An area thats particularly murky is what happens to tests, treatments and vaccines covered under emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration.
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COVID pandemic's end may bring turbulence for US health care (Original Post)
dalton99a
Mar 2022
OP
Covid pandemic end?? Really? China is in lock down, cases in the UK on the rise, OmicronBA.2.2
PortTack
Mar 2022
#1
The way things are going, I don't think the Covid pandemic is going to end for a long time
liberal_mama
Mar 2022
#3
Wow, only 58 cases for the entire state of Oklahoma? In the county I live in, we had 200 cases
liberal_mama
Mar 2022
#8
PortTack
(32,606 posts)1. Covid pandemic end?? Really? China is in lock down, cases in the UK on the rise, OmicronBA.2.2
Good lord
TheRealNorth
(9,435 posts)2. That is just rhe AP carrying water for the Republicans (again)...
To justify not extending the benefits.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)6. Oklahoma is averaging 58 cases a day.
We're a red state with low vaccination numbers and almost no mask usage, and yet the numbers are almost non existent.
Nationwide averages from CDC point in the same direction:
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailycases
The predicted doom and gloom is not happening.
liberal_mama
(1,495 posts)3. The way things are going, I don't think the Covid pandemic is going to end for a long time
I know that some people are pretending it's over, but that doesn't mean it actually is over.
PortTack
(32,606 posts)4. ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)5. +100 Well said. nt
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)7. Oklahoma just released the data. 58 cases a day.
Seems like it is over to me.
liberal_mama
(1,495 posts)8. Wow, only 58 cases for the entire state of Oklahoma? In the county I live in, we had 200 cases
today. The state I live in has 4300 new cases today! As an immune compromised person who has to fear Covid despite having my vaccinations, I sure wish my state only had 58 new cases for the day.