As the federal government plans to wind down some health benefits related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Baltimore says it will pick up the slack through 2024.
The Biden administration announced earlier this year that it will end the national emergency related to coronavirus on May 11. That means that the federal government will stop picking up the tab for things like free testing for COVID-19 and will phase out benefits like automatic enrollment in Medicaid.
Baltimore City officials say they expect to use $80 million in federal grant money from the American Rescue Plan Act to continue many of those services, according to a memo released by the city’s health department on Monday.
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