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Congress spending and COVID relief bill included a $3M cut to programs for healthcare workers mental illnesses

Congress spending and COVID relief bill included a $3M cut to programs for healthcare workers mental illnesses Meaghan Ellis According to the Beast, Congress managed to cancel out $3 million worth of funding for The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act. The bill, introduced earlier this year, was named after Dr. Breen who tragically took her own life. The bill is titled The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, named after Lorna Breen, a tragic example of the pandemic s toll on such workers. A longtime New York City emergency room doctor, Breen died by suicide in April as the virus surged in the city and overwhelmed doctors and nurses treating the sick and dying. As the pandemic has dragged on nationally, it has brought physician wellness to a crisis point.

Congress Spent $900B on COVID Relief but Removed $3M to Address Health Care Worker Mental Illness

Congress Spent $900B on COVID Relief but Removed $3M to Address Health Care Worker Mental Illness Sam Brodey © Provided by The Daily Beast Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast The just-passed federal government spending bill and coronavirus relief package was a vehicle for seemingly every policy priority under the Capitol dome. It included landmark legislation on climate change, a long-desired deal to end surprise medical billing, and billions of dollars for everything from Amtrak to vaccine distribution and coronavirus-related funeral expense relief. But despite coming in at 6,000 pages and $2.3 trillion in taxpayer dollars $900 billion of which was for COVID relief a conspicuous item was left on the cutting room floor. At the last minute, legislation that would have set aside a mere $3 million in funding for a program to address the dramatically worsening rates of burnout and mental illness among frontline health care workers who are under unp

Nurses and doctors fighting COVID-19 tell Sen Tim Kaine they need help

By LUANNE RIFE The Roanoke Times Nurses and doctors who care for Virginia’s critically ill and dying COVID-19 patients told Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., on Monday that they support his efforts to bring mental health reform to the nation’s health care workforce. Kaine invited them to a Zoom meeting before heading into a week of congressional negotiations to push for passage of both a COVID-19 relief bill and passage of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act. Breen, a native of Virginia, was director of a Manhattan emergency room and worked around the clock during the spring peak of cases in New York. She was infected with the disease and continued to work nonstop, with limited PPE, not enough staff or equipment and while patients died in the waiting room and hallways.

Nurses and doctors tell Sen Tim Kaine they need help

Nurses and doctors tell Sen Tim Kaine they need help
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Virginia doctors, nurses share unrelenting mental toll of COVID-19

Virginia doctors, nurses share ‘unrelenting mental toll’ of COVID-19 Virginia’s healthcare workers have witnessed firsthand the atrocities and hardships faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. and last updated 2020-12-14 18:24:13-05 RICHMOND, Va., — Virginia’s healthcare workers have witnessed firsthand the atrocities and hardships faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. About a dozen frontline workers across the Commonwealth opened up to Sen. Tim Kaine (D - Virginia) during a virtual discussion on Monday. “We got to pay attention to the mental health needs of our medical workers,” Sen. Kaine said. “Long after the pandemic is over the mental health consequence is going to go on for a very long time.”

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