COVID-19 vaccines and treatments that have been free of charge to consumers, due to U.S. government funding, will eventually transition to be provided via the regular health care system.
This means that certain COVID-19 tests, vaccines, and treatments, will cost more for some.
Here’s what it means for you:
End of Emergency
Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said in an interview with UCSF Department of Medicine that when the public health emergency (PHE) ends in May, the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) that have been granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to certain COVID-19 treatments and vaccines will not be affected, he said….