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Rep. Budd Urges CMS to Exempt Rural Hospitals From Vaccine Mandate
February 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022:

Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure asking for a waiver from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for rural hospitals facing staffing shortages.

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February 18, 2022

To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid S . . .

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