Top House and Senate lawmakers say Trump administration delays paying out billions of dollars in emergency aid to health providers could shut down hard-hit safety net hospitals and clinics nationwide already facing collapse during the pandemic
.on Wednesday to HHS Secretary Alex Azar, the bipartisan group demanded a timeline for distributing the roughly $100 billion in funds that Congress earmarked for providers months ago. The lawmakers are also seeking an explanation for why safety net providers that primarily care for the poorest and most vulnerable Americans have yet to receive targeted federal aid.
Congress allocated $100 billion in emergency aid for hospitals and doctors more than two months ago as part of the CARES Act and added another $75 billion on top of that a few weeks afterward.that HHS has still not paid out most of that money, amid lengthy deliberations over how best to distribute the funds and difficulties obtaining the state-level data needed identify what providers should be in line for payouts.
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