Hospitals might be able to use allocated $100 billion to treat uninsured Americans

St. Lukes Hospital.
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There's a chance Americans without insurance can get treated for COVID-19 and not lose everything they have.

In a Thursday briefing from the White House coronavirus task force, President Trump hinted that the federal government may reimburse hospitals who treat people without insurance. That proposal could draw from the $100 billion hospitals were allocated in the coronavirus stimulus package, and a final decision on the matter will be made Friday, Vice President Mike Pence said.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.