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How Hospitals Are Laying Off Workers During The Pandemic, Continued

Published May 18, 2020 at 8:28 PM EDT

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with reporter Will Stone and emergency room nurse Shawn Reed about hospitals and other health care providers losing money and laying off workers during the pandemic.

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