New Mexico 'Quarantine" Requirements
We entered NM on Sunday, June 26 from Texas at US-60 in Clovis. Our destination is Arizona (Show Low) for the next couple months. Taking our time, were arrived at an RV park between Belen and Socor...
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Tvov wrote:
Thanks for that link, I've been hearing about that for months. It may not be a "set" amount, but they apparently do get more money....
And note that they get more money only if they are treating a patient on Medicare. The statement I was rebutting was, "It has also been proven that if a hospital can claim a patient is Covid they get thousands of $$$ from the government." I'm confident it was just an accidental oversight that it doesn't make the Medicare distinction, and lets it sound like the government is shelling out money to hospitals for every COVID diagnosis. :R
And the part you quote is what Snopes found when they were trying to figure out where these alleged amounts came from. It's data from a couple of years ago, before COVID, having to do with uninsured patients admitted for respiratory ailments, and they conclude:
But while these industry estimates are similar to the numbers Jensen cited, they do not represent actual Medicare payments to hospitals for COVID-19 diagnoses or treatment, or even a national average of such payments.
