Americans who don't have health insurance will start to see some of the free COVID-19 testing options disappear, even if they are showing symptoms.
As funding to cover the costs of vaccines quickly dries up, health officials are warning of another COVID-19 surge.
This week, federal funding to cover the cost of COVID-19 testing and treatment for uninsured Americans officially dried up; any further infusion of cash hinges on Congress passing the White House's request for billions more in COVID relief, which isQuest has begun notifying its clients and partners they can no longer expect to be reimbursed for uninsured claims, barring additional funding from Congress.A person walks past a Covid-19 testing location in Arlington, Virginia, March 16, 2022.
"Any premature lapse in funding that splinters care access threatens to disintegrate the robust, equity-driven COVID-19 pandemic response that has so far saved more than a million lives," NACDS wrote in recent letters to the White House as well as Senate and House leadership.
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