HealthLeaders Media March 31, 2021
AHA President and CEO Rick J. Pollack tells President Biden that the COVID-19 pandemic has crippled the nation’s hospitals.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– AHA estimates that the nation’s hospitals lost more than $320 billion in 2020 and would lose as much as $120 billion in 2021 because of the pandemic and the ensuing shutdown of nonessential healthcare services.
– Pollack is asking the Biden administration to earmark funding for hospital upgrades, improving and expanding broadband access for telehealth, securing supply lines, and bolstering the nation’s healthcare workforce.
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