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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are asking for new federal earmarks to help hospitals in their districts buy a range of new items like CT scanners or mobile health clinics. (Getty Images/Bill Chizek)
Earmarks are coming back in Congress, and nonprofit hospitals and health systems have asked lawmakers for new state-of-the-art medical equipment and expansions to behavioral health and emergency rooms.
The House Appropriations Committee released the requests from lawmakers for earmarks in the next appropriations bill. Those requests include new funding from major nonprofit hospitals and health systems for a variety of things ranging from new CT scanners to telehealth.
A team that includes subject-matter experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the California Department of Public Health, Los Angeles Department of Public Works and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services conduct a final inspection of work of Alternate Care Facility #2 at Mission Community Hospital, in Panorama City, California, April 22, as part of FEMA’s support to California in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A team that includes subject-matter experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the California Department of Public Health, Los Angeles Department of Public Works and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services conduct a final inspection of work of Alternate Care Facility #2 at Mission Community Hospital, in Panorama City, California, April 22, as part of FEMA’s support to California in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.