What’s in the American Rescue Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine and Other Public Health Efforts? – Kaiser Family Foundation

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2), a $1.9 trillion stimulus package, into law. Among other things, this latest relief bill, the nations sixth, infuses new funding for critical COVID-19 public health activities, including vaccine distribution, testing, contact tracing, surveillance, and the public health workforce, building on prior emergency relief funding provided by Congress (other provisions of the bill expand the Affordable Care Act by making marketplace and private health insurance more affordable and by providing new incentives to states that have not yet expanded their Medicaid programs to do so). Funding for COVID-19 public health focused activities in the bill totals almost $93 billion, most of which has been made available until expended. The main public health provisions are as follows:

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What's in the American Rescue Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine and Other Public Health Efforts? - Kaiser Family Foundation