Thread by @cynthiaccox

1/ Biden will end the #PublicHealthEmergency (PHE) on May 11.
If you have private health insurance coverage, here's what will (and will not) change for you with the end of the PHE

2/ For people with private insurance, the big change with the end of the Public Health Emergency on May 11th will likely be higher costs for COVID tests.
Those free COVID tests (and associated Dr. visits) your insurance offers now may end in a few months kff.org/coronavirus-co…

3/ For people with private insurance, the end of the Public Health Emergency does NOT affect your coverage for COVID vax/boosters
Rather, a change will come whenever the federal vax supply runs out (this is TBD). Then, privately insured folks may need an in-network provider

4/ Also, whenever the federal vax supply ends, people in "grandfathered" private health plans or non-ACA compliant plans are no longer guaranteed free access to vaccines

Again, this is NOT tied to the end of PHE; rather it's tied to the end of federal vax supply (which is TBD)

5/ The end of the Public Health Emergency does NOT affect privately insured people's coverage of COVID-19 treatments. But, as with vaccines, there could be changes when federal supplies run out. kff.org/coronavirus-co…

6/ There will be some changes to telehealth. The Public Health Emergency allows providers to issue prescriptions for controlled substances via telemedicine, without an in-person evaluation. Cross-state licensure in some states is also tied to PHE.
kff.org/coronavirus-co…

7/ There won't be an immediate change to the FDA's ability to issue emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for COVID vaccines and treatments. These EUAs are tied to a separate declaration (Section 564) and are NOT affected by the Section 319 Public Health Emergency that ends May 11.

8/ For more on how the uninsured and people on Medicaid or Medicare will be affected by the end of the Public Health Emergency, see: kff.org/coronavirus-co…

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