Missouri
Five of Congress’ 10 biggest health earmarks went to Missouri clinics and universities
WASHINGTON — Hospitals, well being clinics, and medical colleges throughout the nation had hoped to money in by means of Washington’s newly resurrected earmark program, however services in Missouri had a bonus: a well-placed senator from their residence state.
Democrats in Congress introduced again so-called earmarks earlier this yr, rebranding the handouts of federal funds as “congressionally directed spending” with new transparency necessities. Greater than 660 awards went to well being care suppliers and medical teaching programs, representing $1.1 billion in funding, in accordance with a STAT evaluation of a Bipartisan Coverage Heart database of well being care-related earmarks despatched by means of the Well being Assets and Providers Administration.
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