Using covid as a political tool-----U.S. will keep Covid public health emergency in place at least until mid January

U.S. will keep Covid public health emergency in place at least until mid January

• HHS did not alert states of any intent to lift the public health emergency by a Friday notification deadline, which means it will remain place at least through mid January.
• The public health emergency, first declared in January 2020 and renewed every 90 days since, has had a vast impact on the U.S. health-care system.
• The declaration has dramatically expanded public health insurance through Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program...
• HHS has estimated that as many as 15 million people could lose Medicaid or CHIP once the programs return to normal operations...