Texas HHS monoclonal antibody criteria denies treatment to healthy Covid-positive white people under 65

Some hospitals across the country appear to be automatically granting monoclonal antibody treatments to patients of certain races while simultaneously denying them to patients of other races.

Take the MacArthur Medical Center in Irving, Texas.

Its website states that “Latin X or Black” patients automatically qualify for monoclonal antibody treatments. Others, such as those who are white, must instead qualify via other means — e.g., by being obese, by having heart disease, by being 65 or older, etc.

Look:(Source: MacArthur Medical Center)

Over in the blue state of Minnesota meanwhile, the Minnesota Department of Health issued a guide sheet last week containing “suggested” eligibility requirements for those seeking monoclonal antibody treatments.

Included in the guide sheet is a section pertaining to race. It says basically that every other race of people except for white people should be granted automatic eligibility for these treatments.

Look:(Source: Minnesota Department of Health)

In fairness, the department notes that the criteria are merely “suggested … to assist providers with clinical decision-making” and do “not supersede” federal requirements, which do not yet make reference to race — though not for a lack of effort.

All this said, are racial eligibility requirements actually being implemented in practice, though? Sadly, the answer is...

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