Seeking to avoid new spending, Congress is negotiating a deal to redirect funds from Covid-19 aid programs to the pandemic health response
to provide $10 billion for the federal government’s pandemic health response, including vaccines and therapeutics.
At issue is about $5 billion that Congress allocated for three small-business aid programs but which hasn’t yet been spent. Some lawmakers want to repurpose those existing funds for healthcare, rather than allocate new money, because they are increasingly focused on reining in the federal deficit and spending amid a surge in inflation, which
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