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CMUBigGuy 13 points ago +15 / -2

Is there a source on the $39,000 per patient?

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HumbleMemeFarmer 32 points ago +32 / -0

https://www.foxnews.com/media/physician-blasts-cdc-coronavirus-death-count-guidelines

"Right now Medicare has determined that if you have a COVID-19 admission to the hospital you’ll get paid $13,000. If that COVID-19 patient goes on a ventilator, you get $39,000; three times as much. Nobody can tell me, after 35 years in the world of medicine, that sometimes those kinds of things [have] impact on what we do

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Work2gethrBiglyOrDie 16 points ago +16 / -0

Friday's infowars full show. AJ said they get $4,000 for pneumonia, or 40k if covid. And I've heard that some tests are confusing the common cold with cv19.

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localhost 11 points ago +12 / -1

That's the medicare payout to a hospital per covid19 case IIRC.

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Chaotikizm 8 points ago +8 / -0

http://archive.today/uw4Lb Usa today did a fact check on it and couldn't deny it.