Uninsured Americans are already feeling the effects.
Current supplies of vaccines, tests, and treatments already purchased by the government will remain free, but after those resources run out—if Congress doesn’t approve supplemental funding—medical providers will have to decide whether to cover the costs without support from reimbursement programs. That means most uninsured individuals will have to end up paying out of pocket.
“There are still vaccines available, and people just got new at-home tests [from the government website]. But I think it’s really about once these monies run out, what’s going to happen next?” Khan says.The people that will probably be hit the hardest by the rollback of new relief funds are uninsured patients, who have largely depended on receiving tests, vaccines, and treatment covered by the federal government throughout the pandemic.
This, he adds, will feed the ongoing increase in health disparities in low-income populations and communities of color.
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