Forbes Reports on Government Plan to End Test2Treat Program and MaskTogetherAmerica’s Fight to Stop Them
Forbes Senior Contributor Dr. Judy Stone exposes the dangers of losing yet another tool in the COVID toolbox
A recent article in Forbes covers our government’s plans to shutter its national Home Test2Treat program. In the article, senior contributor and infectious disease specialist Dr. Judy Stone highlights the implications of losing the program and MaskTogetherAmerica’s fight to save it.
Dr. Stone reports that 63K people, mostly uninsured or underinsured, have enrolled in the program. She interviews real people to uncover the barriers they faced trying to obtain timely testing and treatment and the role Test2Treat played in helping them access life-saving care.
Dr. Stone points out since the program was part of the government’s intent to “reduce disparities for those underserved and vulnerable populations who are disproportionately affected by” COVID, dropping the program is a strange way of demonstrating commitment to that goal.
Test2Treat should be expanded, yet our government plans to shut it down by April 16. We can’t fight COVID by taking away the tools! We must speak up! Write to leaders here!
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