Ventilators and other medical equipment sit idle when needed the most, because manufacturers have monopolized repair services as a profit center.
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Unsanitized: Small Businesses Realize Small Business Loans Aren’t Meant to Save Small Businesses
Plus, cannibalizing Social Security. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 11, 2020.
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A Guide to the Nightmare of Getting Health Insurance in a Pandemic
It’s really simple, unless you live in the United States of America.
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Unsanitized: Feeding People Because They Are Hungry
And that’s a rebellion, interestingly enough. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 10, 2020.
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Unsanitized: Pandemic Response Watchdogs in Congress Working Diligently to Increase Unemployment
Plus, the meat racket. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 9, 2020.
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Unsanitized: Our Record Unemployment Was a Choice
Plus, the way to get universal health care during the pandemic. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 8, 2020.
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New State Websites Make It Easier for Employers to Snitch
Characterizing fear of COVID-19 infection as ‘unemployment fraud,’ states have begun to crack down on workers instead of supplying them with needed benefits.
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Citizen Children Left Out of Coronavirus Relief Efforts Deserve a Lifeline
The federal stimulus payment program ignores the hardships that the pandemic poses for mixed-status families.
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Unsanitized: Pelosi Dials Up a K Street Bailout
Plus, Jared Kushner is failing at running something again, and the Postal Service has a new leader. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 7, 2020.
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How Private Equity Firms Will Profit From COVID-19
Unless Congress and regulators act, private equity will shed its nonperforming assets and feast on new ones. J. Crew is the latest example.
