A $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill proposed by House Democrats May 12 would allocate around $100 billion for hospitals and other healthcare providers to cover costs related to the public-health crisis.

Here’s a sampling of some of the best thinking on this body blow to the U.S. healthcare economy.

U.S. hospitals and health systems will collectively have lost $202.6 billion to COVID-19’s fiscal jolt by the end of June, the American Hospital Association is projecting.

Michigan Medicine is furloughing or laying off around 1,400 fulltime employees and instituting a hiring freeze that will leave 300 current job openings unfilled. 

Possibly setting a precedent that could be followed in many U.S. hospitals, a medical center in Reading, Pennsylvania, has set up a curbside radiography service specifically for COVID-positive and -suspected patients.

Compared with the Aloha State, the Mount Rushmore State is a practical free-for-all during the COVID-19 crisis.

A national sampling of more than 15,000 nurses is collectively reporting “infecting family and friends” as the profession’s single most pressing concern during the COVID-19 crisis.

The company announced the service launch April 28, saying individuals who want the test can request it online—cost: $119—without referral from a doctor.