The COVID-19 public health emergency ends in the United States this week. Pandemic-era rules required of Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance providers will be changing. Take a look at what will change right away.

The Biden administration officially ends the pandemic-era public health emergency in the U.S. on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

At-home rapid COVID-19 tests will no longer be freely provided.

The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services says it has encouraged private insurance providers to keep laboratory COVID-19 tests free, though some will stop the courtesy.

Some doctors will stop offering telehealth remote video appointments for patients.COVID-19 vaccines and boosters will remain free for insured and uninsured people.

Federal government-purchased COVID-19 treatments, like antiviral drug Paxlovid, will not be subject to cost-sharing requirements for Medicare beneficiaries.

Title 42, a pandemic-era policy that barred migrants seeking asylum from entering the U.S., will expire along with the end of the public health emergency. Federal workers will no longer be required to prove they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. 

As long as supplies last, all pharmaceutical treatment doses purchased by the U.S. federal government will remain free to everyone.Lab reporting to the federal government all data of positive COVID-19 tests will cease.

States will stop submitting COVID-19 vaccine administration data to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Title 42, a pandemic-era policy that barred migrants seeking asylum from entering the U.S., will expire along with the end of the public health emergency.

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