Hospitals nationwide are in desperate financial straits, short-staffed, and running out of beds.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is holding up talks on a bipartisan bill that could include badly needed aid for hard-hit hospitals around the country with demands that Democrats give up state and local relief funding before he’ll let the Senate vote on it.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for talks on the developing framework for a $908 billion COVID relief package that would include $35 billion for hospitals.
The initial summary of the bill did not include stimulus checks for individuals, though negotiations continue on that front. Continue reading.