Posted on 05/18/2022 2:22:57 AM PDT by EBH
President Joe Biden's administration is set to extend the COVID-19 health emergency declaration beyond July 15,
The extension from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services means that hundreds of thousands of Ohioans at risk of losing health coverage and other benefits will continue to keep them for now.
Earlier in the year, many had anticipated that the pubic health emergency would no longer be extended as the nation settled down from the omicron wave and COVID-19 restrictions were loosened.
Cases are significantly lower than they were this past winter, but are on the rise again.
Ending the public health emergency is more than just saying the U.S. has moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic. Its declaration allows for special provisions to help Ohioans affected by the virus and has very real-life consequences.
With the extension, any vaccines or COVID-19 treatments under emergency use authorization can continue to be used. That currently includes vaccines for children between 5 and 15 years old. As of May 12, only 30% of Ohioans ages 19 and younger had been vaccinated, per state data.
The extension also continues to allow for health coverage flexibilities around COVID-19 tests, treatment and the use of telehealth.
At least 400,000 Ohioans relying on Medicaid -- government-paid health insurance for low-income or disabled people -- could have lost coverage had the Public Health Emergency not been extended.
The public health emergency prevented those on Medicaid from being disenrolled because Ohio saw a big boost in federal money to help cover them. The state received around $300 million every three months in federal money. That boost will go away when the declaration ends.
The declaration continuing also means temporary food stamp increases will remain in place at a time when inflation is affecting Ohioans.
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Gotta keep the money flowing to the Dems constituencies.
Yep... All that other writing fluff to cover for this one sentence, “The state received around $300 million every three months in federal money.” It’s all the reader needed to understand.
Emergency? For mild influenza...
More fear mongering propaganda.
Exactly, the covid cash machine is not turned off and won’t be turned off.
However, will this keep the border closed ? Ha!
Nope. We need more illegal voters. That is without drop box ballots. How fun, it is all secure and valid.
FJB can stuff his fake covid emergency up his azz
Our country is broke, corrupt and stupid.
Plan and live accordingly.
The “covid emergency” is and has been a convenient cover for the marxists. They used it as an excuse for destroying the economy to get rid of Trump and to train us to be compliant sheep.
covid (SLUSH FUND)is now part of the GDP just they way they want it emergency or not ITS AN EMERGENCY!!!
Mid-terms coming up, too an the Dems are looking at getting slaughtered,so I suspect they will also insist on mail-in ballots because of COVID.
Means that hundreds of thousands of Ohioans at risk of losing health coverage and other benefits.
The comply or die rule who and how many will keep excepting such ruling?.
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