Covid 19 coronavirus: US record deadliest year yet in history with states desperately in search for medical staff
22 Dec, 2020 05:14 AM
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A Registered Nurse works on a computer while assisting a Covid-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Centre in Los Angeles. Photo / AP
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This is the deadliest year in US history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic.
Final mortality data for this year will not be available for months. But preliminary numbers suggest that the United States is on track to see more than 3.2 million deaths this year, or at least 400,000 more than in 2019. US deaths increase most years, so some annual rise in fatalities is expected. But the 2020 numbers amount to a jump of about 15 per cent, and could go higher once all the deaths from this month are counted.
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WASHINGTON Most healthcare groups are pleased with the COVID-19 stimulus bill passed in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, although some advocates say more help is needed. The government spending and coronavirus relief package passed by Congress late last night contains numerous provisions . important to medical group practices, Anders Gilberg, senior vice president for government affairs at the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), said in a statement. The $3 billion injection into the Medicare physician fee schedule will mitigate MGMA-opposed payment cuts to many physician specialties set to begin on Jan. 1. The final surprise billing compromise, which includes arbitration and prohibits consideration of government-set rates to resolve payment disputes, is a welcome improvement over previous proposals.
COVID impact: California desperately searches for more nurses, doctors as US cases cross 18 million
A cardiac intensive care nurse from Washington, DC, with expertise in heart rhythm, airway and pain management, her skills are in great demand as infections and hospitalisations skyrocket nationwide.
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