And lawmakers are getting anxious as problems crop up in the recovery effort.
This article was reported in collaboration with Zachary Warmbrodt, Susannah Luthi, John Hendel, Ryan McCrimmon, Michael Stratford, Brian Faler and Brianna Gurciullo.
“Our constituents have a lot of questions about where the hell this $3 trillion is going and why it isn’t coming into their pockets,” Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon said during a Thursday meeting at the Capitol. Story continues“Fraudulent actors go to where the money is, and this is where the money is right now,” said Rep. Rob Woodall . “So I absolutely think that we have to redouble our effort to make sure that these dollars aren’t wasted.”It was bad enough that the $350 billion fund for small businesses was depleted so quickly. But the revelation that large, publicly traded companies were snagging the scarce dollars outraged the public — and lawmakers.
But there might be more complaints soon. Though Congress sent another $320 billion into the so-called Paycheck Protection Program last week, banks warn the money could run out in a matter of days with hundreds of thousands of applications still pending.So far, Congress has delivered $175 billion to hospitals and health care providers, but the convoluted process has left hospitals and even some Washington insiders confused.
Mystery also shrouds a pot of money that’s supposed to cover coronavirus treatment for the uninsured — a policy the White House touted as an efficient and targeted alternative to offering a special Obamacare sign-up. HHS has banned any hospital that dips into this fund from also charging patients but hasn’t specified how much money is available, nor have officials told the uninsured how to seek recourse if they do see medical bills.
Some checks have gone to the accounts of deceased Americans even as others say they haven’t received payments or got the wrong amounts. Many gripe the IRS’ website is difficult to use. The program wasn’t designed with agriculture in mind, but it offered a lifeline for farmers who are bleeding profits and dumping their products without demand from restaurants, schools and other markets. Even with a fresh infusion of funding from Congress, farm lenders doubt the money will last more than a few days, and some producers could again be stuck in limbo.
The Treasury Department has started to dole out billions of dollars in payroll aid to airlines, but carriers and unions alike were surprised when Treasury said recipients would have to pay back 30 percent of the money.
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