Analysis: What happens to COVID vaccines and drugs authorized for emergency use when health emergency ends

What happens to COVID vaccines and drugs authorized for emergency use when health emergency ends? A pandemic allows the Food and Drug Administration to authorize vaccines and drugs for emergency use, even after the health emergency ends. YahooNews

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Medicare patients won't automatically get eight free coronavirus antigen tests a month, and people insured by Medicare or private insurance may begin to see co-pays for some doctor-ordered testing. But all COVID-19 testing will be free until at least September 2024 for people insured through Medicaid, according to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

For the foreseeable future, vaccines will be offered free of charge. The federal government has purchased 166 million doses of the new bivalent boosters, and the roughly 113 million doses that are unclaimed will continue to be provided for free under virtually all circumstances.

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