The Trump administration is vowing to reimburse hospitals for treating uninsured patients infected with the coronavirus using funds from the economic relief package passed by Congress last month.
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The president referenced an operation earlier this week by the Department of Justice's COVID-19 hoarding and price gauging task force, which took custody of nearly 200,000 N-95 respirator masks and 600,000 medical grade gloves, along with hand sanitizers and spray disinfectant. The materials were distributed to health care workers in New York and New Jersey.
"With the masks, it's going to be really a voluntary thing. You can do it. You don't have to do it," Trump said."I'm choosing not to do it, but some people may want to do it. And that's OK. It may be good." When asked why the country wasn't in a better state of preparedness in terms of supplies, the president blamed the previous administration for the shortages of medical equipment.Trump went on to say the administration is"doing our best" to provide New York with the ventilators they need.
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