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The Biden administration is winding down the treatment of COVID-19 as an emergency, restructuring how the federal government will respond to the pandemic that is entering its fourth year.
The administration plans to end both the national emergency and public health emergency on May 11.
That announcement came in a message to Congress about measures House Republicans are considering this week to end those emergency declarations immediately.
The administration wants to wait until May to end the emergencies because Republicans’ « abrupt end » would create « wide-ranging chaos and uncertainty throughout the health care system, » the White House said.
Tens of millions of Americans could be at risk of abruptly losing their health insurance and others could lose access to telehealth services. States could lose billions of dollars in extra funding they’ve been receiving, Hospitals and nursing homes that have relied on flexibilities wouldn’t have time to retrain staff and establish new billing procedures, according to the White House.
