HHS notifies Congress it may tap millions of additional dollars for coronavirus response
Source: Washington Post
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HHS notifies Congress it may tap millions of additional dollars for coronavirus response
By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Erica Werner
Feb. 3, 2020 at 2:11 p.m. EST
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notified Congress on Sunday it might need to transfer up to $136 million to help combat the fast-moving coronavirus epidemic, a new sign of how the White House has ramped up its response in recent days.
The notification came as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is quickly burning through $105 million that was set aside for emergency public-health responses to things like the coronavirus.
The additional money would address growing demands on CDC, HHS’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and HHS’s Office of Global Affairs, HHS confirmed Monday.
Of that money, about $75 million would be available for CDC, $52 million for ASPR and $8 million for the Office of Global Affairs.
The quiet but proactive effort to obtain more money is reflective of the White House’s response to the coronavirus outbreak in recent days. The Trump administration has sought to downplay risks to the public while working behind the scenes to bolster the government’s response given how quickly the coronavirus has spread in China and around the world.
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Yasmeen Abutaleb joined The Washington Post in 2019 as a national reporter covering health policy, with a focus on the Department of Health and Human Services, health policy on Capitol Hill and health care in politics. She previously covered health care for Reuters, with a focus on the Affordable Care Act, federal health programs and drug pricing. Follow https://twitter.com/yabutaleb7
Erica Werner has worked at The Washington Post since 2017, covering Congress with a focus on economic policy. Previously, she worked at the Associated Press for more than 17 years. Follow https://twitter.com/ericawerner
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Heaven forbid they use the money to possibly save lives...Where it could be used to build
something everyone laughs at...
divide the money up between all their greedy corrupt friends. The plot is to steal all they can before they all go down. Call me crazy, but that's how the hump has rolled all his life.
I don't think so.
