States from Arizona to Maine are deploying billions of dollars in federal aid to hospitals in a desperate attempt to retain and recruit overworked health-care professionals facing the threat of yet another spike in Covid-19 cases.
And while hospital executives and workers say they're grateful for the one-time infusion from President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan, many say long-term structural problems like low pay, difficult working conditions, and nursing faculty shortages mean the effort is unlikely to succeed.
