Dems Call For Cost-Free COVID Care In All Settings, SEP, More Subsidies

Following HHS Secretary Alex Azar’s announcement that a part of the $100 billion hospital fund in the CARES Act will be used to reimburse treatment for uninsured COVID-19 patients, Democratic leaders called for legislation that would ensure all patients can get cost-free care, and from any provider, not just from hospitals. Azar said Friday the treatment would be cost-free for uninsured patients in hospitals, which would be reimbursed at Medicare rates, but he did not mention whether the care would...