Obama To Ask For $88 Million To Boost Anti-Ebola Effort
President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress to approve his request for $88 million to fund a major Ebola offensive in West Africa, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
The initiative could include sending additional portable hospitals, doctors and health care experts, as well as providing medical supplies and training local health workers, the Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying.
It is expected to have four components: controlling the outbreak where it emerged in West Africa; increasing the competence of the region’s public health system, especially in hard-hit Liberia; building local capacity through enhanced health care provider training; and increasing support from international organizations such as the United Nations and World Health Organization.
The Journal said Obama would seek commitments of funds, material and health workers during a world leaders summit at the United Nations next week to build a stronger international response.
http://www.nationalmemo.com/obama-ask-88-mn-boost-anti-ebola-effort/
Don't think this request will get far in the "Just Say No" House. They are loath to spend government money on people who are suffering. (Is there some way we could just solve their problem by cutting their taxes?) They loath even more spending money on people who are suffering and don't even live in the US.