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COVID Coverage For All Dries Up

COVID Coverage For All Dries Up

COVID Coverage For All Dries Up

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FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo/File Photo

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic.

But it was for just one condition — COVID-19.

Now, things are reverting to the way they were as federal money for the uninsured dries up.

Lack of an insurance card could become a barrier to timely care for COVID.

A $20 billion government program that paid the pandemic bills of uninsured people has been shut down.

Special Medicaid COVID coverage likely faces its last months.

But the virus is not contained.

And safety-net hospitals and clinics are seeing sharply higher operating costs.

They fear they won’t be prepared if there’s another surge.

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