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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Tab for Treating Ebola Doctor in NYC: $20 Million
Gee, only $20 million? What a bargain! And guess who New York Senator
Chuckie Schumer wants to pick up the tab?
You, of course.
Senator Charles Schumer wants President Obama to pick up New York City’
s more than $20 million tab for treating its first Ebola patient.
Since the Big Apple and Bellevue Hospital treated and cured Dr. Craig
Spencer of the “infectious disease that is a threat to the nation,” the
New York lawmaker believes the government should pony up and reimburse the
city.
“Last week, Dr. Spencer thankfully returned home healthy and free of
Ebola,” Schumer said Sunday. “But the world-class response mounted by New
York City and Bellevue HHC was not free, and the bottom line is local
communities and local taxpayers should not foot the whole bill for handling
an infectious disease that is a threat to the nation.”
The senator said that the city and hospital should be compensated in the
same way that communities are compensated following a natural disaster.
“Moreover, we must make sure that there is funding available in the
future for any city that may handle a confirmed Ebola case,” he added.
The proposed “Ebola Contingency Fund” would help control the spread of
the deadly virus by establishing a way to properly fund states and
localities so they can treat patients.
Of course we could quarantine them before they’re let loose on the public,
but no, Obama doesn’t want that.
An obvious question follows:
Seems if @SenSchumer is calling for Feds to pay Spencer's insurance
costs and he didn't have mandated insurance via Obamacare that's a story
— S.M (@redsteeze) November 17, 2014 | j*****v
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