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Senator Scott Joins Colleagues in Urging Action to Avoid Housing Finance System Crisis Amid Coronavirus COVID-19 Outbreak
Wednesday | April 8, 2020U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) today joined U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) in calling for Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to take urgent and immediate action to avoid an impending crisis in the housing finance system due to the economic fallout of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.… more...
Scott Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Calling on CMS to Address Medicare Program Interest Rates for Health Care Providers on Frontlines of Coronavirus Pandemic
Wednesday | April 8, 2020U.S. Senator Tim Scott joined a letter today with a bipartisan group of 32 senators, led by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to waive or modify interest rates for health care providers who've sought financial assistance amid the coronavirus pandemic through Medicare's Accelerated and Advance Payments Program. This program has historically been used to expedite Medicare payments to subsets of Medicare participating providers during very limited circumstances where there is disruption in processing or submission of claims for Medicare services.… more...
Scott Sends Letter to HHS Regarding Reporting On Racial Disparities And Coronavirus
Tuesday | April 7, 2020Charleston, SC - As initial reports from around the nation show COVID-19 is having a particularly harmful impact on communities of color, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar tonight on the topic.… more...
