Called someone who manages reimbursement at giant health insurance company. Told him Trump said MDs get paid more for saying people died of COVID. THIS is a person who would approve those payments. Response: Laughter.
Then: "You DONT get paid by the cause of death. Ever.../1
Then: "You DONT get paid by the cause of death. Ever.../1
...that is zero percent of the time. It's level of care that matters."
Moreover, for this massive company, "When we look at COVID on our reimbursement, it goes under viral pneumonia. If they were in the ICU, they probably got more. But thats also true for kidney failure"....
Moreover, for this massive company, "When we look at COVID on our reimbursement, it goes under viral pneumonia. If they were in the ICU, they probably got more. But thats also true for kidney failure"....
...now, he said, there is a higher proportion of higher payments for COVID than viral pneumonia, but not because it says "Covid." It's because the treatment course for COVID is far more intense for it. People with COVID who don't die quickly cost a lot if they get into ICU....
...so, Trumpers who believe anything your God King says: This is the company that would be PAYING, not doctors who would be earning, under this conspiracy theory. And he laughed - and said "He's full of s**t."
I agree.
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I agree.
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