The billions of tax dollars headed for hospitals and states as part of America’s $2.2 trillion coronavirus response bill won’t fix the problem facing doctors and nurses
The billions of tax dollars headed for hospitals and states as part of America’s $2.2 trillion coronavirus response bill won’t fix the problem facing doctors and nurses: a critical shortage of protective gowns, gloves and masks.
The problem isn’t a lack of money, experts say. It’s that there’s not enough of those supplies available to buy, and now hospitals, state governments and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are left bidding against each other and driving up prices.
According to Virginia’s secretary of finance Aubrey Layne, “It’s pretty much every state for itself.” For more than a week, governors have pushed back against administration assurances that supplies are available now, bitterly complaining to President Donald Trump that there’s no coordination.
The problem isn’t a lack of money, experts say. It’s that there’s not enough of those supplies available to buy, and now hospitals, state governments and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are left bidding against each other and driving up prices.
According to Virginia’s secretary of finance Aubrey Layne, “It’s pretty much every state for itself.” For more than a week, governors have pushed back against administration assurances that supplies are available now, bitterly complaining to President Donald Trump that there’s no coordination.
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