Earmarks are Back and Hospitals are Lining Up for Them

After an absence of 10 years federal earmarks are back and hospitals and health systems are asking their members of Congress for funding for equipment, facility improvements, expansion, and more. Each member of Congress may submit requests for up to ten earmarks, and the House Appropriations Committee has released the requests made of it by House members on behalf of their constituents.  All told, Congress plans to spend $14 billion on earmarked projects, with only non-profit entities eligible to receive them. Among the requests released by the House Appropriations Committee are earmarks for procedure rooms, pediatric MRIs, ultrasound equipment, linear [...]