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This week has marked one-year anniversary of the World Health OrganizationJUDGE COVID-19 A pandemic, which has both Americans and public health officials, looking at what we have learned, how far we have come and how much we have to go. During a 19th 19th note hosted by the 19th, a nonprofit news organization reporting sex, politics and politics,Rochelle Walensky, MD, Director of Disease Control and Prevention Centers (CDC), andMarcella Nunez-Smith, MD, Chairman of the White House Health Working Group, discussed where the country is currently in theFight against Covid And what to come from. In the middle of the discussion, Walensky shared the day it feared could be inevitable in the pandemic: when the cost of Covid vaccine falls on the Americans. Read it to find out what she said and what it could mean for you and for more new vaccines, checkDr. Fauci says that your Covid vaccine protects you for this long.

On the CDC website, the Agency clearly declares: "The federal government isProvide free vaccine [COVID] for free To all people living in the United States, regardless of immigration or health insurance status. "

They warn thatNo one can be loaded for Covid vaccine, including "any administration fees, copays or co-insurance" and that suppliers can not "refuse immunization to anyone does not have health insurance coverage, is subservible or is off-grid".

However, they note: "Covid-19 vaccination providers may request the appropriate repayment of the beneficiary's plan or program (for example, private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid) for a vaccine administration tax." For those without insurance, the Relief Fund of the Administration of Health Resources and Services ispick up the cost of vaccinations. But, "said Walensky, unfortunately, that could change everything.

For more information on what to expect from your JAB, checkThat's what it means that if you have no side effects of vaccine, doctors say.

During the discussion with moderatorShefali Luthra, A health journalist with the 19th, Walensky pointed out that, by its very nature as a seasonal, respiratory respiratoryvirus that mutated, COVID-19 will continue to generate long-term costs in the future. "I'm worried about the day when the vaccine will be more free," she said. "What about all these people? And if we need a third booster? What is happening then? Who will pay for that?" Unfortunately, there is no answer to these big questions yet.

While the first vaccinations - two doses of Moderna and Pfizer, or a dose of Johnson & Johnson - will be covered by the government, it is very likely that you would need other VVID vaccinations. First, because of the new strains and emerging mutations since the creation of vaccines, pharmaceutical companies work onExtra shots to fight against these variants, as Walensky was referring.

Second, CEO of PfizerAlbert Bourla Recently told NBC News thatCovid Shots will probably become an annual occurrence. "Every year, you have to go for influenza vaccine," said Bourla at the end of February. "It's going to be the same with Covid. In a year, you will have to go andGet your annual shot for COVID to be protected. "And for more preparation of your shot, checkDo not do this at night before your vaccine appointment, say experts.

"I think this pandemic will change a lot about how we think about the cost of health care, about access to health care," Walensky said. But it was initiated about the magnitude of the challenge and the lack of simple responses when calculating the cost of Covid. "I think I'll be on my skis if I started talking exactly what health reform is like," she told Luthra. "I think we need public health reform, I think we need so many things."

There is also a clear public appetite for that. A health survey of Valuepenguin on January 20, 1921 estimated that nearly 3 Americans out of 10lost their health insurance cover in 2020And stay uninsured in this year. Nearly half of the respondents-47% - had lost their health coverage when they were dismissed or Congratulations from their jobs as a result of the pandemic. The survey also found that 42% of those without coverage reported not to give premiums. The burden fell more strongly on women, with 51% against 34% of men saying that they could afford to pay for their policy. And for more COVID news, delivered directly to your inbox,Sign up for our daily newsletter.

The experts have also been notified about the tension than the cost ofCovid "long-carriers" Will be placed on the medical system because patients with post-viral conditions require complex long-term care. According to a report published inThe Guardian, "At least 10% of people infected with COVID-19 were lit atDevelop length syndrome. "With the CDCEstimated total number of pending cases At just over 29 million 29 million and growing, it is potentially at least 3 million people likely to require long-term care in the United States as a direct result of COVID.

"I think there is an extraordinary number of questions that will be associated with how this pandemic will be paid, how the future of health care will be paid, how the future of public health will be paid for, "Said Walensky.

However, in its closing remarks, it also expressed the opportunity we had to learn from past mistakes and reinvent the system more efficiently. "Because we are a product because we have not invested in [public health] ... I think all these things will have to be on the table to move forward," A-T- She stated. And for more than later in the battle against Covid, checkDr. Fauci says it's the symptoms of Covid who do not disappear.