Advertisement

What ending the COVID public health emergency could mean

04:39
Download Audio
Resume

When President Biden said on CBS's "60 Minutes" this week that the pandemic is over, it took many public health and White House officials by surprise. His comments may make it challenging to secure more funding from Congress and continue the COVID public health emergency put in place in January 2020.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Larry Levitt, executive vice president for policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, about what ending that emergency will mean.

This segment aired on September 22, 2022.

Advertisement

More from Here & Now

Listen Live
Close