COVID-19 treatments popular in red states are becoming harder to obtain, leading some governors and lawmakers to accuse the Biden administration of rationing healthcare.
"People are going to die" because the Department of Health and Human Services is rationing the distribution of Regeneron's monoclonal antibody treatment to states including Texas, Republican Rep. Brian Babin, a member of the GOP Doctors Caucus, said on the John Solomon Reports podcast.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a centrist whose state has a high vaccination rate, demanded answers from the White House for the "Sudden rationing of these life-saving treatments, without any warning, after the administration urged us to promote them," the Washington Examiner reported.
"The IV monoclonal antibodies are very effective at reducing your hospitalization," but because the government purchased all the treatments, "They're telling the hospitals that you won't be covered if you give anybody this treatment in the hospital," Paul said on the JSR podcast.
According to the National Institutes of Health, the drugs are for "Non-hospitalized patients with mild to moderate COVID-19" and are "Not currently authorized for use in patients who are hospitalized with severe COVID-19." 'Going to fight like hell' HHS blamed parts of the country with low vaccination rates for a "Substantial surge" in utilization of so-called mAbs amid the Delta variant's spread, justifying its decision last week to scrap the "Direct ordering process" states had been using.
Under the new "State/territory-coordinated distribution system," HHS will determine "The weekly amount of mAb products each state and territory receives based on COVID-19 case burden and mAb utilization." The agency told CNN that seven states - Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana - accounted for 70% of orders under the old process.
Like Maryland's Hogan, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis accused President Biden of a bait-and-switch by promising to ramp up shipments by 50% then cutting Florida's supply by 50%. DeSantis had been "Crisscrossing the state" promoting the treatment, which was newly available without a doctor's referral in pop-up clinics around Florida, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
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