- The Biden administration extended the nation’s COVID-19 public health emergency for the next 90 days. Even though daily deaths and case rates have been falling, health officials are bracing for a potential surge of infections over the winter. The extension ensures policies like expanded Medicaid benefits, telehealth coverage, and extra payments to hospitals and doctors will continue until January 11, 2023. The public health emergency has been renewed every 90 days since it was first declared in January 2020. (Articles here, here, here, and here)
October 14, 2022
D.C. News