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The United States has seen soaring numbers in COVID-19 infections in recent weeks indicating that the end of the pandemic may still be far away. However, the public health emergency, which benefits many Americans amid the crisis, is going to expire in the middle of January. Millions of people at risk across the United States could lose their Medical enrollment amid a record-breaking current surge in COVID-19 cases as the deadline of public health emergency approaches.
Taken together, the provisions in the social policy bill represent the biggest step toward universal coverage since the passage of the Affordable Care Act.