Virus shutdown took a toll on routine health care for kids

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Federal officials say a sharp decline in routine medical care for low-income children during the coronavirus shutdown will cause long-term harm if not reversed

in routine medical care for low-income children during the coronavirus shutdown could cause long-term harm if not reversed, federal officials warned Wednesday.Services, or CMS, found that vaccinations, screening for childhood diseases, visits to the dentist and even mental health care dropped precipitously from March through May of this year, when doctors' offices and hospitals put elective services on hold to confront the coronavirus.

 

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The poorest always suffer most but if a government gives a crap, they’d find a way of doing that for free but safely. Fact that this government hasn’t proves that the poorest aren’t on the government’s radar.

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