Thursday, April 15, 2021 Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Rep. Blunt Rochester
(D-Del.) and Rep. Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) have just reintroduced the Quit
Because of COVID-19 Act to provide Medicaid and Children’s Health
Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of certain tobacco cessation services during
COVID-19 and for 2 years after the emergency period ends. Enrollees in Medicaid
have disproportionately high rates of smoking – twice the rate of those with
private health insurance -- which places them at a higher risk of experiencing
severe complications from COVID-19. Read Rep. Blunt-Rochester’s press release
here https://bluntrochester.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2668
and read a statement of support from Tobacco-Free Kids here https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press-releases/2021_03_24-covid19-act
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