Verma: $64B in Aid Going to Health Care System This Week

April 7, 2020, 11:13 PM UTC

CMS Administrator Seema Verma says $64 billion in aid will go to health care system this week alone.

  • Health care providers said most important thing is to get dollars out as quickly as possible, Verma says at White House briefing
  • Verma says $30 billion of that money will be grants with no strings attached

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