U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has joined with the other members of the Senate Democratic caucus in introducing legislation to establish national control over the medical supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Our front-line health workers have called on the Trump Administration to develop a coordinated, national strategy to produce the supplies and equipment needed to keep them safe and protect the public. The absence of such a strategy has cost us dearly in both lives and livelihoods, and it has forced states and health care providers to outbid one another on the open market to secure critical supplies and equipment,” said Bennet. “If the administration will not act, Congress must force its hand.”
The Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act would create a point person within the Department of Defense to direct the production and delivery of needed medical equipment. The position, titled the Executive Officer, would create purchase orders, deliver excess equipment to the national stockpile and curate a public list of states’ requests for assistance.
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has joined with the other members of the Senate Democratic caucus in introducing legislation to establish national control over the medical supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Our front-line health workers have called on the Trump Administration to develop a coordinated, national strategy to produce the supplies and equipment needed to keep them safe and protect the public. The absence of such a strategy has cost us dearly in both lives and livelihoods, and it has forced states and health care providers to outbid one another on the open market to secure critical supplies and equipment,” said Bennet. “If the administration will not act, Congress must force its hand.”
The Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act would create a point person within the Department of Defense to direct the production and delivery of needed medical equipment. The position, titled the Executive Officer, would create purchase orders, deliver excess equipment to the national stockpile and curate a public list of states’ requests for assistance.
