Biden Administration Announces Program to Give Free COVID Vaccines, Treatments to Uninsured Individuals

The Biden administration has announced the launch of a program aimed at giving uninsured individuals access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments as the end of the national public health emergency nears and the financial obligations of covering these medicines shift to the private sector.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the “HHS Bridge Access Program For COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments Program” on Wednesday, describing it as a “$1.1 billion public-private partnership” to provide coronavirus treatments to the uninsured.

The national public health emergency declaration for the COVID-19 pandemic is scheduled to end on May 11. As the U.S. transitions out of the pandemic era of SARS-CoV-2, private health insurance companies are expected to take on the cost of vaccines.

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