January 31 marked three years since Alex Azar, then-secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), officially declared COVID-19 a nationwide Public Health Emergency (PHE).
Thirty-six months and 12 renewals later, that federal PHE designation remains in place, though many healthcare experts predict it will lift this spring.
The expiration of the PHE declaration would represent a major milestone in moving on from the pandemic. But it also impacts health insurance …
