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A trade group representing laboratories including LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics has asked President Joe Biden to make more money available to test uninsured people for COVID-19.
The federal government is currently supporting the testing of uninsured people through a $2 billion fund. Yet the fund is almost depleted, leading the American Clinical Laboratory Association to write to Biden to request more money.
ACLA also said its members have seen health plans deny more than 1 million COVID-19 PCR tests since June and coverage uncertainty has created barriers for accessing diagnostics. The trade group wants Biden to close testing coverage loopholes to ensure access to COVID-19 diagnostics.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Ad Council and COVID Collaborative today revealed the platform for their COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative, It s Up To You. Representing one of the largest public education efforts in U.S. history, more than 300 major brands, media companies, community-based organizations, faith leaders, medical experts and other trusted messengers are supporting the campaigns designed to reach distinct audiences. These partners include Adobe, Apple, Bishop T. D. Jakes, Black Information Network, Facebook, FOX Entertainment, Google/YouTube, iHeartMedia, John Leguizamo, NAACP, NBCUniversal, Pandora/SiriusXM/SoundCloud, Sanjay Gupta, Telemundo, UnidosUS, ViacomCBS and more.
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Leading Business and Nonprofit Organizations Launch Health Action Alliance to Strengthen and Accelerate COVID-19 Response
02/18/2021 | 07:07am EDT
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The Ad Council, Business Roundtable, the CDC Foundation, the de Beaumont Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today announced the launch of the Health Action Alliance (HAA), a new partnership between leading business, communications and public health organizations to strengthen and accelerate the business community’s response to COVID-19. The Alliance is powered by Meteorite, an impact firm that builds coalitions to improve lives and strengthen communities.
Fortune 500 companies employ more than 28 million people, and small businesses employ nearly 60 million people in the United States. Recent research from Morning Consult shows that 71% of Americans trust their employer to make the right decision about when it’s safe to re
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Casey and Savannah Gray are thankful to be sitting next to each other, alive.
Both were diagnosed with COVID-19 over the summer. Caseyâs battle landed him in a hospital for about 75 days, most spent in the ICU, 50 of them under sedation, he said.
âI mean I almost died. I was on double life support and almost didnât make it,â he said.