Ending the public health emergency means the end of free COVID tests

The End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Details on Health Coverage and Access

This post provides an overview of how health care coverage and access will and won’t change when the public health emergency ends on May 11, including a discussion of COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments, and telemedicine.

State emergency orders will end in tandem with national public health emergency

SPRINGFIELD — Exactly 38 months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, Illinois will no longer be under a disaster proclamation as of May 11, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday.

Biden's Ending of the Covid Emergency Is a Public Health Disaster

The White House is tearing away vital pandemic protections for millions of vulnerable Americans—and pretending that everything's going to be just fine.

What The End of COVID’s Public Health Emergency Status Really Means

You might pay more for tests and treatments, although vaccines are still free (for now).

End of Covid Public Health Emergency: What does that mean for your vaccines and tests?

In the last three years, we’ve grown accustomed to several benefits designed to help the country navigate unprecedented times. This week, the Biden Administration, and Gov JB Pritzker in Illinois, announced the public health emergency declaration will end in May 2023.  So, what will stay and what will go?  Vaccines All vaccines in circulation today have been purchased by the federal government. Once that supply is depleted -- which is expected t…

Ending the public health emergency means the end of free COVID tests

The ending of the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11 will mark the end of an era in the U.S. health system, as many Americans will have to start paying for care that, for the past three years, has been free. Experts said the changes related to the public health emergency won’t be earth-shattering.…