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Originally Posted by mswlogo
And that surprises you?
Ever feel under the weather and notice things your body can normally deal with suddenly hurts a lot more. Like and old bone you broke or arthritis flares up.
While your body is defending itself and getting weaker from COVID other parts of you get less help. There is only so much your body can deal with at a time.
Scotty says to Kirk, the shields are down to 30% we can't take another hit.
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If you don't think there is a lot of misleading information out there you are missing a lot. The point is covid statistics are often inflated for financial reasons. Hospitals are glad to add that to a diagnosis. The coronavirus relief legislation created a 20% premium, or add-on, for COVID-19 Medicare patients.
Hospitals get paid more if Medicare patients are listed as having COVID-19 and get three times as much money if they need a ventilator.
Some states, like Minnesota, as well as California, list only laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 diagnoses. Other states, including New York, list all presumed cases of Covid, which is allowed under guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of mid-April and which will result in a larger payout.
If it's just pneumonia that a person is admitted to the hospital for – if they're Medicare – typically, the diagnosis-related group lump sum payment would be $5,000. But if it's COVID-19 pneumonia, then it's $13,000, and if that COVID-19 pneumonia patient ends up on a ventilator, it goes up to $39,000."
Follow the money...............