Uninsured Americans can no longer claim for Covid-19 testing and treatment after the federal health agency tasked with dealing with them ran out of funding.
A federal health agency
tasked with covering Covid-19 testing and treatment for uninsured Americans officially stopped accepting claims on Wednesday because it is out of funding, a shortfall caused by congressional lawmakers’ failure to approve new coronavirus aid.in a statement Tuesday that “the lack of funding for Covid-19 needs is having real consequences.”HRSA Covid-19 Uninsured Program
, which has been reimbursing providers for coronavirus care for the uninsured since the early stages of the pandemic. Nearly 10% of U.S. residents — around 31 million people — don’t have any form of health insurance, according to
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