Most U.S. hospitals typically operate on thin margins, but the COVID-19 outbreak may be pushing them closer to a financial precipice, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service. Fitch Ratings said in a separate report that smaller facilities with relatively low liquidity are most threatened. “While the healthcare sector has responded extremely well to past crises, the scale of the coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented,” Fitch noted. Hospitals are highly cognizant of the coming crunch, as the American Hospital Association asked Congress on Thursday for $100 billion to respond to the pandemic in a joint letter with the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association.
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