Hill March 17, 2020
The Trump administration is exploring ways to quickly expand hospital capacity ahead of what could be a wave of coronavirus patients that would threaten to overwhelm the health care system.
Vice President Pence on Tuesday said the administration will consider every request from governors to quickly deploy “field hospitals” or use the Army Corps of Engineers to convert existing facilities.
“The president has tasked us to evaluate and … consider every request from governors for either field hospitals, or the Army Corps of Engineers that could retrofit existing buildings,” Pence said during a briefing of the administration’s coronavirus task force.
President Trump said the Army Corps of Engineers is “ready, willing and able” to deploy if needed, and...
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