Biden’s Six-Point COVID-19 Plan Mandates Vaccines For Health Workers, Expands Testing, Pushes Boosters

The White House on Thursday (Sept. 9) released a six-pronged COVID-19 response plan that establishes vaccination requirements for health care workers at facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding, federal employees and large employers; scales up access to rapid point-of-care and over-the-counter diagnostic tests; and ramps up access to and administration of monoclonal antibodies. The plan, titled “ Path Out of the Pandemic ,” employs multiple federal agencies, including HHS, CMS, FDA, the Defense Department and the Department of Education,...