IF YOU SUBSIDIZE SOEMTHING YOU GET MORE OF IT !- Fact check: Hospitals get paid more if patients listed as COVID-19, on ventilators

The claim: Hospitals get paid more if patients are listed as COVID-19, and on ventilators Sen. Scott Jensen, R-Minn., a physician in Minnesota, was interviewed by “The Ingraham Angle” host Laura Ingraham on April 8 on Fox News and claimed hospitals get paid more if Medicare patients are listed as having COVID-19 and get three times as much money if they need a ventilator. The claim was published April 9 by The Spectator , a conservative publication. WorldNetDaily shared it April 10 and, according to Snopes, a related meme was shared on social media in mid-April. “How can anyone […]

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