AP analysis: FEMA rejects appeals worth $1.2B over a decade
FILE – This Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 file photo shows the emergency room entrance at the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Santa Clarita, Calif. The hospital received $21.5 million from FEMA for repairs after the Northridge earthquake shook Southern California in 1994. But that fell far short of the roughly $35 million the hospital said it needed to fix the two-story facility in line with California’s new earthquake codes. The 217-bed hospital eventually sought bankruptcy protection, blaming the underfunded project. Then in 2004, FEMA asked it to give back $2.1 million, saying the work exceeded the scope of the original agreement or lacked documentation justifying the costs. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
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