27 October 2020, 12:29 AM
Steve MillerRumor Hazzit
Had a discussion with my Trumper neighbor today. He’s absolutely convinced that a hospital gets an extra $1500 if they charge off a death to Covid rather than if they call it pneumonia, etc. No idea where this payment comes from.
Asked who pays for this, he had nothing.
Has anyone sorted this?
27 October 2020, 07:55 AM
LisaI think there was extra money from the CARES act to reimburse covid medical expenses but it's not a straight up payment.
See here:
https://www.factcheck.org/2020...ovid-19-death-count/I'm sure in the fox news soundbite world, this became "an extra $1500 for calling something covid" but it is more nuanced than that.
27 October 2020, 10:28 AM
pianojugglerI thought the gummint was telling hospitals NOT to report deaths as covid if there was any comorbidity that they could pin it on. Gotta keep those numbers under control!
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