@ScottAdamsSays It isn't that hospitals are *charging* more for COVID, it is that the CARES act is *reimbursing* hospitals for COVID deaths. Creating an incentive to fudge the numbers:https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/hospital-payments-and-the-covid-19-death-count/ …
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The http://factcheck.org description admits that hospitals receive a 20% medicare bonus via the CARES act for treating patients who test positive for COVID. I'm unsure about the death. The text of the bill is difficult to read, this needs a fact check.
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It’s expensive to treat a COVID patient because of the infection control protocols.
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