The COVID-19 Bailout That’s Left Every Hospital Unhappy in Its Own Way
By Rachana Pradhan and Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News
In the throes of the novel coronavirus outbreak in early April, Kenneth Raske, president of the powerful Greater New York Hospital Association, took his case for needing billions in federal relief funding to another New Yorker, well placed in the White House.
The April 8 call with Jared Kushner lasted “probably 30 seconds.” After all, Raske said, the facts speak for themselves.