The FEMA program, they said, recognizes their major investments in staff and equipment to handle the crisis. Some nonprofit hospitals said federal aid hasn’t covered all of the lost revenue and higher expenses caused by the pandemic. “This feels like greed for them to go to FEMA for even more money.” “These are very financially successful hospitals that have already received a huge amount of taxpayer money to help with COVID-19,” said Eileen Appelbaum, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington. Among the aid applicants are some of the nation’s best-known health systems, including the Cleveland Clinic, Providence and Stanford Health Care. Some health policy experts say that large and well-capitalized nonprofit systems - which typically pay no taxes - do not need the additional relief money.

infections surge, and FEMA officials expect total aid awards to rise significantly. The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is going to some large health systems that have billions of dollars in cash reserves and investments, according to government records reviewed by Reuters.įEMA has received nearly 2,200 aid requests from hospitals and thus far has approved about 15% of them, for a total of $894 million, the agency told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Cleveland Clinic medical center is seen in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

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