Covid- 19 - Second wave

[El Kabong]

Fact check: Hospitals get paid more if patients listed as COVID-19, on ventilators
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...us/3000638001/
The coronavirus relief legislation created a 20% premium, or add-on, for COVID-19 Medicare patients.


Our ruling: True
We rate the claim that hospitals get paid more if patients are listed as COVID-19 and on ventilators as TRUE.


Who qualifies for Medicare?
You are eligible for Medicare if you are a citizen of the United States or have been a legal resident for at least 5 years and: You are age 65 or older and you or your spouse has worked for at least 10 years (or 40 quarters) in Medicare-covered employment.


Florida Labs Incorrectly Reported A 100% Positivity Rate For Coronavirus Tests
https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/15...navirus-tests/
Hundreds of labs in Florida reported to the state that 100 percent of people they tested for Covid-19 had the virus, according to a new investigation by FOX 35 News. Other testing centers reported positivity rates upwards of 80 and 90 percent. In actuality, the positivity rates for most testing centers were often under 10 percent and usually under 20 percent.




Brockton, read my words very carefully.....LIVE.IN.FEAR.

[TitoFan]

Who is that on, though? Hospitals get paid more for COVID-19 patients on ventilators? Paid by whom? The government, right? Ok so... trying to be fair here. What does the CDC have to do with any of this?

People contract COVID (if you believe in the virus, that is... leaves out people like TIC). They get hospitalized. The hospitals are tasked with passing on patient information to the CDC. The CDC is tasked with managing and passing on this information as statistics for public consumption. The government is supposed to utilize this information to help them provide guidelines for the public.

Where is the connection or lack thereof? Honest question.

If the CDC has issues, fix them. Just like the WHO was already trashed by Trump as being no good. Get them fixed. But no.... let's defund the WHO, and bypass the CDC.

Fauci is slowly but surely becoming Public Enemy #1. As soon as he started loosening up and talking his mind, he went from being a good, credible public servant..... to getting trashed by Trump attack dogs.

What gives?

Deal with the pandemic as best you can and let the chips fall where they may.