covid relief

North Carolina’s wealthiest hospitals record profits after receiving COVID relief funds

June 26, 2022 Griffin Daughtry

According to a report released by the state treasurer’s office on Wednesday, June 22, seven of North Carolina’s largest hospital systems made billions of dollars in profit during the COVID-19 pandemic, while also claiming another […]

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Biden aides to Congress: Fund COVID aid, don’t cut budget

March 24, 2022 Alan Fram, Associated Press

Washington, D.C. — Congress should provide the $22.5 billion President Joe Biden wants for continuing the battle against COVID-19 without cutting other programs to pay for it, senior administration officials said Monday. And if Republicans […]

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MOORE: Taxpayers are getting ripped off and Congress does nothing

August 20, 2021 Stephen Moore

Milton Friedman used to quip that, in Washington, if a government program is working, Congress says we need to spend more money on it. And if a government program is failing, Congress concludes we are […]

Economists: Biden’s $1,400 COVID-19 checks may be great politics, but it’s questionable economics

March 14, 2021 Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University and Kenneth Mitchell, Monmouth University

The $1,400 direct checks to people are the most expensive and perhaps most popular part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package racing its way through Congress right now. The House is set to vote […]

COVID bill to deliver big health insurance savings for many

March 12, 2021 Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several million people stand to save hundreds of dollars in health insurance costs, or more, under the Democratic coronavirus relief legislation on track to pass Congress. Winners include those covered by “Obamacare” […]

MOORE: Red states should revolt against the ‘blue-state bailout’

March 12, 2021 Stephen Moore

Congressional Democrats are a runaway train with a drunk-on-power conductor in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. No matter how much evidence pours in that the economy doesn’t need $1.9 trillion more in debt spending, the Pelosi […]

Biden signs big virus aid bill before speech to nation

March 11, 2021 Zeke Miller, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Marking a year of loss and disruption, President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the $1.9 trillion relief package that he said will help the U.S. defeat the coronavirus and nurse […]

HARSANYI: It’s not a COVID relief bill. It’s Christmas for Democrats.

March 11, 2021 David Harsanyi

Republicans should stop referring to the Democrats’ newest ideological wish list as a COVID-19 “relief bill” or “rescue bill,” or any of the other euphemistic misnomers used by the media. Surely, there is some GOP […]

Biden’s big relief package a bet gov’t can help cure America

March 10, 2021 Josh Boak and Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden wants America to know that he’s from the government and he’s here to help. That sentiment became a well-worn punchline under Ronald Reagan and shaped the politics of both […]