The following is an excerpt from Just The News.
Twenty-five governors signed a letter asking President Joe Biden to end the federal public health emergency in April, saying Medicaid costs are costing their states millions.
States received more money for Medicaid during the PHE but cannot remove anyone from the program’s rolls until either one month before the PHE ends, the month it ends or the month after it ends, according to Medicaid.gov.
Biden extended the PHE to January and has not indicated when it will end. The governors said they assume the PHE will continue at least until April.
Twenty million people have joined the Medicaid program since the PHE began nearly three years ago, and the states are faced with additional costs, they said.
The governors said they have the “tools and information” to protect their citizens against Covid-19.
“You recognized this yourself in a 60 Minutes interview in September when you said, ‘The pandemic is over,'” the governors said. “Additionally, the United States Senate passed a bipartisan resolution, 61-37, to terminate the national emergency on November 15, 2022. We agree with both your statement and the Senate’s resolution – it is time we move on from the pandemic and get back to life as normal.”
The letter was signed by the governors of New Hampshire, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming.
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