Congress' coronavirus relief package was meant to provide needed assistance to health care providers, but left out clinics that only accept Medicaid. Now, these clinics are in danger of shutting down — leaving the Medicaid healthcare system in freefall
, executive director of Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families in Washington, D.C."We are concerned about the infrastructure and how quickly it could evaporate."of how it is distributing the relief funds, Medicaid providers are included in a catchall category at the very bottom of the list, under the heading"additional allocations."
Goodwin's organization gets most of its funding from Medicaid and public school systems. It has tapped a line of credit to stay afloat, he says,"but if we're not here providing these services, there's no Plan B." "We've had to furlough staff, had to curtail hours, and we may have to close some locations," Chung says.of them across the United States. Chung, who also heads the Virginia chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, says that vaccination rates are off 30% for infants and 75% for adolescents, putting them and others at risk for preventable illnesses.
"But if you don't have providers around anymore, then you will have a significant mismatch," she says.
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