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The federal government has shouldered the cost of free vaccines and therapeutics. It is also providing free tests.
WASHINGTON — State and local health departments remain in limbo over whether they’ll need to single-handedly fund their own Covid-19 vaccines and treatments as a stalemate in Congress drags into
Negotiations on some sort of federal COVID-19 package had briefly started anew, though talks have since stalled.
For decades, states have relied on the so-called "sin tax" to fund vital social programs. If the FDA's recent proposal to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars prevails, states will need to find another funding source to keep the programs afloat.
Will it be ‘every state for themselves’ as the federal COVID cash dries up to fund state vaccine and prevention efforts?