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Doctors far from the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are getting stimulus checks, and crucial hospitals say they're being left behind

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.The Trump administration gave healthcare providers a direct deposit of $30 billion starting on April 10 to help keep them afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.

On Friday, the Trump administration, with help from health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group, started directly depositing $30 billion to healthcare providers. The money came from aCongress allocated through the CARES Act that President Donald Trump signed last month. Because of that, Siegel said, the distribution formula "misses the mark for many of our members and their patients."

"This is going to be based on Medicare revenue," she said in describing the first round of funding. "There are no strings attached. So the healthcare providers that are receiving these dollars can essentially spend that in any way that they see fit."

 

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