Coronavirus forces reckoning for Trump's healthcare cuts
WASHINGTON The widening coronavirus pandemic is forcing the Trump administration to pause, and even reverse, its years-long effort to roll back healthcare regulations and restrict access to the nations medical safety net.
As more Americans are sickened, officials are now pushing for government protections they once said were unnecessary.
President Trump and his deputies have urged health insurers to make testing for coronavirus free to patients, calling it an essential benefit, despite years of pushing to loosen federal rules on what health insurance plans must cover.
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, known as CMS, pledged to intensify nursing home inspections, just months after moving to roll back government inspection standards the agency called burdensome.
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