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Disability & Aging Coalition Public Health Emergency Letter to CMS

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A letter from the Disability & Aging Collaborative to Biden Administration leaders regarding the public health emergency declaration
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The Disability & Aging Collaborative wrote to Health & Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure on March 17, 2021, to urge further extensions of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration.

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