White House officials are weighing a performance evaluation of the CDC that would highlight the agency’s missteps in the pandemic
, 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.
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