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COVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs rise

FILE - A room is empty in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center sits empty, in Lebanon, N.H., Jan. 3, 2022. The U.S. came the closest to health care for all for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic. It was for just one condition, COVID 19. Now, things are reverting to the way they were as federal money for the uninsured dries up. Lack of an insurance card could become a barrier to timely care for COVID. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) FILE - Overlooking downtown Washington and the Washington Monument, a sign advertises a free vaccine drive with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations for members of the community 12 years and up, May 19, 2021, at a clinic held by Community of Hope, in Washington. The U.S. came the closest to health care for all for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic. It was for just one condition, COVID 19. Now, things are reverting to the way they were as federal money for the uninsured dries up. Lack of an insurance card could become a barrier to timely care for COVID. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) FILE - A COVID-19 patient lies in a bed in the acute care unit of Harborview Medical Center, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in Seattle. The U.S. came the closest to health care for all for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic. It was for just one condition, COVID 19. Now, things are reverting to the way they were as federal money for the uninsured dries up. Lack of an insurance card could become a barrier to timely care for COVID. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
COVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs rise