Trump administration to cut funds from health programs to pay for coronavirus response
By Jessie Hellmann - 02/26/20 01:16 PM EST
The Trump administration will pay for the coronavirus response in part by cutting funds from other health programs, including one that pays for heating and cooling assistance for the poor.
Of the $136 million the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to transfer from other health programs to bolster the coronavirus response, $37 million will come from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, according to a notice sent to Congress Tuesday night by the agency and obtained by The Hill.
HHS will make several other transfers, including $63 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and $4.9 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which funds mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention.
The Aging and Disability Services Programs will lose $4.2 million.
HHS does not need Congressional approval to transfer the funds.
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