, taking fresh aim at an agency that many aides view as a weak link in the nation’s pandemic response effort, POLITICO’s Nancy Cook and Adam Cancryn report.
The audit would likely highlight key missteps like its failure to deploy working test kits, and also attempt to reassess the nation’s Covid-19 death toll by counting only those Americans who died directly from the disease. Some White House officials suspect the overall figures are inflated because they include those who had coronavirus but could have died from other causes.
alongside FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, HHS’ Brett Giroir and top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci.Mental health and addiction treatment centers and counselors are overwhelmed meeting behavioral health needsto stay afloat amid confusion and delays tied to the federal bailout for the health care industry, POLITICO’s Rachel Roubein and Brianna Ehley report.that HHS is doling out to hospitals and other providers on the front lines.
Some have waited months for the release of promised federal aid. Others held out and didn’t apply, believing they’d get a better deal in future funding rounds aimed at centers that see mostly low-income patients. Yet if they got any money from an early distribution, they now can’t tap into Medicaid-specific aid.One major Illinois provider has lost over $1 million so far, and has an operating budget of $67 million.
“It is unclear why these providers did not take advantage of that opportunity … only to now want to seek funding,” the spokesperson wrote.
The NY Times predicted more than a million deaths: Biden opposed Trump s travel ban on china: Biden opposed Trump s travel ban on Europe: With Biden the deaths could be millions. Biden is unfit for the WH
How is Fox news relaying this I wonder Politico readers are left leaning so we tend to snark at a headline such as this. But how the Trump supporters assimilate the info depends on how it's disseminated. If only there was a way I could find out...
Shopping their scapegoats. 🙄
it’s always someone else’s fault.....
Oh, of course... blame someone else but POTUS and his corrupt enablers.
Bad White House appointee, meddling, and politicizing pandemic response to match Trump narrative exacerbated one technical error. ‘Nuf said. Save the money and let Biden change the leadership in January.
Now do Trump!
Another attempt at finding a scapegoat. While they are at it, look at what the GOP has done to CDC funding.
They are so desperate to find someone to blame other than their own incompetence.