Washington.- Along with 164 other congressmen, Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont) called on the federal legislative leadership that the economic stimulus bill being negotiated in Congress include an additional $ 7,000 million to help community health centers address the emergency that causes coronavirus.
“Community health centers are at the forefront of this crisis, providing medical care and testing for more than 29 million low-income people,” said lawmakers, who include Senator Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), and Congressmen Ayana Pressley. (Massachusetts), and Danny Davis (Ilinois).
They indicated that âit is of utmost importance that (community health centers) receive the solid and long-term resources necessary to meet the needs of the most vulnerable communities in our nation, especially as they work to evaluate and care for patients during this crisis of unprecedented public health. “
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On the other hand, Senator Warren called on companies that may be excluded from the requirements to offer sick and paid family leave, as a result of the coronavirus, such as Amazon, Walmart and McDonalds, to explain the steps they take to ensure that all Employees, contractors and subcontractors of your companies have access to these benefits.
Senator Warren urged those companies to offer the 80-hour full-time sick leave allowed under the new federal law, and family leave, with two-thirds pay, for an additional 10 weeks.
