Obamacare is still available for 2021! The exchanges are open!
The federal government has extended Obamacare signups until July 15. Read all about it here.
Here's a handy vaccination by state guide, that tells you how to get a vaccination in each state.
Here are NPR's links to each state's opening status:
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This timely resource measures the ALL IMPORTANT RT rate for COVID-19 in your state.
The RT rate is the rate of community spread. In other countries they call it simply, the R rate, meaning the Reproductive rate. An RT rate of 1.0 means every one person gives the virus to one other person. If the RT rate goes above 1, the disease starts spreading exponentially. For example, a RT rate of 2 means that one person gives it to two other people, who, in turn, give it to two more people each.
An RT rate of 0.9 keeps things about steady, on a downward trend.
An RT rate of 0.5 can wipe out the virus completely.
Here's a COVID-19 RT tracker for all 50 states
And here's a county by county map that shows where the virus is spreading.
This article is a work in progress and will be changing frequently as we discover good consumer information.
The economic consequences of the COVID-19 shutdowns are a long way from over. As programs expire, and the virus lingers, the economic consequences may only worsen. Here's the best information we found, collected in a series of articles on this website.
Here's a handy vaccination by state guide, that tells you how to get a vaccination in each state.
The folks at EveristHealth have come up with a Covid age risk calculator that computes your risk of
if you get COVID-19. Find the calculator here.
