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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy
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By paying an additional 20% on top of traditional Medicare rates for COVID-19 patients during the public health emergency, and by reimbursing hospitals for treating the uninsured patients with the disease (at that enhanced Medicare rate).
Both of those provisions stem from the*Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act.
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Do you understand that a patient on ventilator costs the hospital more than a patient who doesn't need one? Why would you expect anything different? I mean, a hospital is also going to get more insurance money treating a cancer patient as opposed to treating a broken arm. Different conditions cost the hospital different amounts. That's how it works.