The Trump administration is pushing for a "rightward shift" in the Senate's bipartisan health-care bill, the Washington Post reports, citing people briefed on the matter. The White House wants retroactive relief from the ACA's insurance mandate.
Why this matters: The Post reports nothing has been decided and negotiations continue, but the White House demands "could derail the carefully crafted bipartisan package unveiled this week."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a press conference on Sunday that New York is struggling to maintain medical supplies while combatting the novel coronavirus — operating "literally" on a "day-to-day" basis.
Why it matters: New York City has become an epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and is facing mass quarantines and stay-at-home orders. Cuomo said Saturday that New York reported 630 new deaths in 24 hours — an "all-time increase" that beat the previous day's record of 562 deaths.
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that President Trump's comments about the federal government's stockpile of medical equipment suggest he "does not understand the word 'federal.'"
Why it matters: White House adviser Jared Kushner argued at a press briefing last week that the "notion of the federal stockpile was it’s supposed to be our stockpile; it’s not supposed to be state stockpiles that they then use."