COVID-19 vaccines and treatments could go to private market this summer, White House official says

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The supply of free treatments and vaccines for COVID purchased by the federal government could end as soon as this summer, the White House's top pandemic official said, as the Biden administration prepares to transition the medicines to the private market.

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For treatments, the Biden administration is aiming to persuade drug companies and health insurers to curb out-of-pocket expenses. Jha is also hopeful that private insurance companies will also continue to cover COVID-19 tests, extending what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had mandated"This is one where it's going to be working with insurance companies, working with payers, providers, reminding people that for the last two years the U.S.

"We have been talking internally, the president is very committed to moving this agenda forward. So we are now looking at across the administration saying, where do we have resources, what can we pull together," said Jha. "The question is, do we want to give that flexibility forever? So like in 2025, a hospital says we're going to set up some beds in the parking lot, maybe not. There is a time when you want to say, OK, that flexibility needs to go away," Jha said.

 

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