Critics say data proves New York’s liability shield is linked to higher nursing home death rates during the pandemic
Medicare paid hospitals and nursing homes an additional 20% on their entire bill. Healthy residents were worth less to them than China virus patients.
The CARES Act created the 20% add-on to be paid for Medicare patients with COVID-19. The act further created a $100 billion fund that is being used to financially assist hospitals — a “portion” of which will be “used to reimburse healthcare providers, at Medicare rates, for COVID-related treatment of the uninsured,” according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Medicare paid hospitals and nursing homes an additional 20% on their entire bill. Healthy residents were worth less to them than China virus patients.