NEW: Medical companies warn PPE, critical medical equipment situation 'not sustainable,' House memo says
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HIGHLIGHTS:
-PPE prices going up “dramatically” and in a really “bad position worldwide”
--Demand already outstripping supply and current system is “not sustainable”
--Despite months of pressure by companies, still no federal system for coordinating prioritization in hot spots
-PPE prices going up “dramatically” and in a really “bad position worldwide”
--Demand already outstripping supply and current system is “not sustainable”
--Despite months of pressure by companies, still no federal system for coordinating prioritization in hot spots
or to prevent price gouging
--In a June 18 briefing w committee staff, FEMA acknowledged it's playing NO ROLE in directing PPE within hot spots
--The admin, for several weeks, pressured companies to purchase PPE at high prices from a Chinese company subsidized by the state.
--In a June 18 briefing w committee staff, FEMA acknowledged it's playing NO ROLE in directing PPE within hot spots
--The admin, for several weeks, pressured companies to purchase PPE at high prices from a Chinese company subsidized by the state.
--Now, “Project Airbridge,” the Kushner project to help facilitate PPE transport is “winding down,” according to FEMA
