Governors Ask Biden to End the Public Health Emergency
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More and more people want an end to the public health emergency. Let’s pray that Joe Biden responds well to these increased efforts.
From The Epoch Times. Twenty-five governors are urging President Joe Biden to end the COVID-19 public health emergency, which has remained in place despite a drop in COVID-19 metrics and the emergence of less virulent variants.
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The governors say the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is and has been over for some time, noting that Biden himself said in September that “the pandemic is over.”
They also pointed out that the Senate in a bipartisan vote in November passed a resolution that would terminate the emergency, though the House of Representatives hasn’t taken up the measure yet.
“We agree with both your statement and the Senate’s resolution – it is time we move on from the pandemic and get back to life as normal,” Gov. Chris Sununu (R-N.H.) and 24 other Republican governors wrote to Biden in a Dec. 19 letter.
The public health emergency is harming states by enabling bloated Medicaid rolls, costing hundreds of millions of dollars, the governors said. Since the beginning of the pandemic, states have added 20 million people to the rolls—an increase of 30 percent. Until the emergency ends, the population covered by Medicaid will continue to grow, regardless of whether people are still eligible, the governors warned.
Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Medicaid programs must keep people enrolled through the end of the public health emergency. In exchange, states received additional federal funding.
Emergency Repeatedly Extended
Then-President Donald Trump declared the public health emergency for COVID-19 on March 13, 2020. The Trump administration extended it multiple times, and the Biden administration has continued extending it since taking control in January 2021. …
Some States Act
Some governors, even Democrats, have recently ended state-level emergency declarations. …
Others have previewed the expiration of an emergency. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, for instance, said that the declaration there would end on Feb. 28, 2023. Nine other states still have emergency declarations in place.
Others rescinded or terminated the declarations in 2021, when cases, hospitalizations, and deaths linked to COVID-19 dropped dramatically, or in early 2022.
Senate Measure
In a rare bipartisan vote, senators passed a measure in November that would terminate the emergency. …
The House hasn’t taken up the measure, versions of which have been approved on three separate occasions by the Senate.
The White House said in a statement that even if the House approved the resolution, Biden would veto it. …
Are you praying for an end to the public health emergency? Share your prayers and scriptures below.
(Excerpt from The Epoch Times. Photo Credit: Getty Images)
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I plead the blood of Christ over the extension of this pandemic power and control issue.
Heavenly Father I ask that you intercede on behalf of the United States to all other countries by continuing to wake people up to the realities of this war on humanity through the use of fear mongering resulting in inappropriate power and control. Intercede by making people, especially believers in the saving power and work of Jesus Christ be bold in our witness and stand firm in our faith. To speak the Word of Ephesians 6.17 through thought, word and deed in all that we say and do. Strengthen us even more through your Holy Spirit to be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ to those around us. Quicken the minds of our spiritual leaders, our pastors, preachers and teachers to speak against this continued “pandemic” stranglehold. Help people find the truth in Jesus Christ so the truth will set them free. And most specifically,may the Holy Spirit’s still small voice be heard amidst the babble by our leaders whether they be responsible for civil, local, municipal, state or federal or world organizations in any administration – governmental or civilian or any combination thereof to act responsibly for the people they serve to follow a Biblical model. With man things are impossible. With God all things are possible.
We also need to pray for the cash cows pouring money in to support this unGodly mandate.
Father, I ask You to speak to Joe Biden and tell him to end the emergency. Let him hear no voice but yours. Bring calm and assurance to the American people regarding this horrible virus. So many people are afraid. And, Lord, whoever in the government behind the scenes is making the recommendation to keep the emergency in place, would you please silence those voices. We say to these people, You have no say in this matter any longer. The spirit of the Lord will come upon all of You to speak only what is on God’s heart. Amen.