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Author Topic: So NY got 12k per case and NE got 379k per case?? Something smells fishy  (Read 501 times)

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 ..Especially when NY is the epicenter..? ???:

N.Y. Got $12,000 Per Virus Case, by One Count. Nebraska Got $379,000.



Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York has repeatedly complained that his state has been shortchanged by the $2 trillion economic stabilization package passed last month.

Among his grievances: States like Nebraska, Minnesota and Montana, he recently groused, are receiving far more money per coronavirus case than New York, which has been the epicenter of the pandemic with more than 200,000 confirmed cases and more than 10,000 deaths.

Mr. Cuomo cited one estimate that said Nebraska would get about $379,000 per case while New York would only get $12,000.

The specifics of his complaint are somewhat arcane — in this instance, his issue is rooted in the formula used by the Trump administration to dole out one small slice of the giant bill.

But his demands for New York to receive additional federal aid are a sign of the growing political pressure that Congress will face in the coming weeks as elected officials from states hit hard by the coronavirus stare down fiscal calamity and look to Washington for relief.

Already, the National Governors Association, for which Mr. Cuomo serves as vice chairman, is asking for an additional $500 billion for states and territories.

The New York and New Jersey delegations in the House have united to offer their own proposal: Congress should allocate at least $40 billion in additional federal aid for states, they say, and the money should be distributed based on each state’s share of the national total of coronavirus cases.

That would direct a large portion of the money to New York and New Jersey, the two states with the highest number of coronavirus cases in the nation.

In a letter to Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a bipartisan group of 36 House members from the two states wrote that “federal aid has not been allocated proportionatel y to the impact of the virus.”

The Trump administration said the slice of money that Mr. Cuomo had complained about was meant to quickly help health care providers in states heavily affected by the pandemic as well as providers coping with financial losses as patients seeking routine care stayed away.





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