A group of lawmakers are seeking more funding to help a system of resources that's already strained.
The effects of environmental, economic, and political discrimination have left African Americans with higher risks of chronic conditions, moving them further down the list of priority patients.
“It came up while we were tied down in the impeachment trial," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday.
The decision not to reopen the federal health insurance marketplace came down the same day the president announced a forecast of up to 240,000 deaths due to coronavirus.
A record number of people may become unemployed if lawmakers don't do something, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday.
