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AGENCY TESTIMONY
The impact of COVID-19 on H+H physicians and lack of additional compensation
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Dr. Katz describes the significant challenges faced by H+H physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of additional financial recognition for their efforts.
- Physicians put themselves at great risk during the early days of the pandemic, working closely with COVID-19 patients
- Despite discussions about 'combat pay' and rewarding healthcare heroes, physicians did not receive additional economic compensation
- The state program that provided rewards capped at $110,000, excluding all physicians from benefiting
- This lack of financial recognition for their extraordinary efforts during the pandemic is cited as a factor in the current situation
Mitch Katz
0:20:59
You'll remember that there was a lot of talk about combat pay and rewarding the heroes.
0:21:06
Well, my doctors, we went into the rooms.
0:21:10
We put our faces right against the faces of people who had COVID at times when no one even knew yet whether or not the masks were effective.
0:21:20
And at the end, there wasn't any economic, reward for the physicians.
0:21:26
I mean, I think there's that our physicians should take a great deal of pride for what they did.
0:21:33
There was a state program, that you'll remember that that did reward people, but it capped at a 110 k, so no physician benefited from that program.
0:21:45
And I think that that that sense of how people put themselves on the line, how people, did so much during what was, you know, apocalyptic moments, is part of why we are, where we are today.