COVID-19: Urgent Federal Actions to Accelerate America's Response   [open pdf - 0B]

From the Executive Summary: "As it worsens, the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic is both revealing and creating extraordinary challenges to our nation's health care system and public health infrastructure. [...] In this report, BPC's [Bipartisan Policy Center] health care leaders outline short-term recommendations for immediate execution to address the challenges of the current pandemic. The recommendations focus on six key issues: [1] Testing and contact tracing; [2] Vaccine transparency, equitable distribution, and uptake; [3] Surge capacity; [4] Supply chain management; [5] Racial disparities; [6] State, local, and provider funding."