Biden to use Defense Production Act to help reach goals of COVID-19 vaccination plan
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President-elect Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic during an event at The Queen theater, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
and last updated 2021-01-15 17:09:25-05
WILMINGTON, Del. â President-elect Joe Biden laid out his plan Friday for a national vaccination program and set a goal of administering 100 million shots by the end of his first 100 days in office.
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During his remarks over his vaccination plan, Biden also said he plans to use the Defense Production Act to work with private industry to accelerate the making of materials needed to supply and administer the vaccines, from tubes and syringes to protective equipment.
President-elect Joe Biden laid out his plan Friday for a national vaccination program and set a goal of administering 100 million shots by the end of his first 100 days in office.
President-elect Joe Biden laid out his plan Friday for a national vaccination program and set a goal of administering 100 million shots by the end of his first 100 days in office.
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The following post is our brief guide around the context and major financing and coverage principles of the Tennessee waiver (TennCare III). Given the import of the formulary flexibilities to many of our clients, we have “carved out” (to use a Medicaid pun) that discussion for a future post (coming this week!)
On Friday January 8
th, in the final days of the Trump Administration, CMS announced approval of a first-in-the-nation waiver that would permit Tennessee to transition from Medicaid’s longstanding, open-ended financing model to a modified “block grant” model – a financing system under which the Federal government has agreed to commit a discrete amount of dollars to the state, adjusted only by enrollment growth and pre-established inflation factors. Within this “aggregate cap” approach, Tennessee would have greater reins to modify coverage, benefits, and payment outside of established Federal rules,