Comment on The federal government will pay COVID-19 bills for Connecticut’s uninsured, but do they know that? by Ted Doolittle -- Connecticut S

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Health expert Jennifer Tolbert wonders if the uninsured know there’s no-cost medical help for COVID-19. She also questions whether doctors know to enroll in the Provider Relief Fund program, which pays coronavirus-related bills generated by the uninsured at Medicare rates. Still, the Provider Relief Fund is unprecedented, even as health care advocates and health care providers don’t entirely know how it is impacting health care for the uninsured. Alok Bhatt, of the Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance says some uninsured immigrants are afraid to access free medical care during the pandemic. “A lot of people are afraid to access medical care right now,” he said.