Biden Administration Looking to Invest $10 Billion to Increase Coronavirus Vaccine Access in Rural Areas and Under-Served Communities

And speaking of the and Biden Administration, they’re looking to invest $10 billion to increase Coronavirus vaccine access in rural areas and under-served communities. The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration said the funding would mainly come from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. HRSA also said the Department of Health and Human Services will invest &6 billion from the stimulus package into community health centers to increase access to vaccines, testing and treatment. It plans to fund nearly 1,400 centers nationwide starting in April.
$3 billion will be donated by HHS through the CDC to bolster efforts in areas hit hardest by the pandemic and $330 million will be donated to address disparities in access to testing and vaccines and look into factors that up the risk for the virus like chronic diseases, pregnancy and hunger. Yesterday President Biden signed the ‘Save Lives Act’ into effect which will give the Department of Veterans’ Affairs the ability of vaccinate millions of Americans. The VA will now be able to vaccinate all veterans, veteran spouses, care givers and civilian health and medical program recipients regardless of their VA eligibility. As of yesterday, the VA has fully vaccinated more than 1.5 million people including veterans and employees.