HHS: PRF Money Reprioritized For Boosters As Congress Didn’t Act

Ranking House Energy & Commerce Committee Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA) and Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) slammed the administration for taking $475 million from the Provider Relief Fund to pay for a six-week COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign , but HHS told Inside Health Policy Congress forced the administration's hand, as it hasn’t given the administration enough COVID-19 funding to work with. “HHS was forced to reprioritize resources due to a lack of funding from Congress in order to meet...