Wow. A whole $13,000.
I actually thought the amount for killing patients was $36,000…..must be an inflation increase.
To some people, $39,000 is a tremendous amount of money.
To some people a sudden payment of $39,000 is like winning the lottery.
To other people, mostly in business, or blessed, $39,000 isn’t really huge, nice but not life altering.
To other people, that don’t get their medical education from Blogs or Twitter, they understand that ONE day in an ICU bed could cost anywhere from $20,000-$30,000 and just 36 hours can easily surpass $39,000.
Most, if not all Covid patients in ICU with supplemental breathing, or intubated are there for many days, commonly weeks before they’re moved into a rehab ward/bed.
So using the minimal amount of daily ICU cost of $20,000 X 14 days (2 weeks) comes to $280,000.
If the Hospitals are in it to make money, one would have to be a special kind of stupid to think or believe that they’re going to kill off someone for $39,000 when keeping them alive generates at least $280,000.
The longer they live, the more money they generate.
Then, after they’re off the vent, the patient enters rehab. A specialized ward that also is expensive but not as much as the ICU.
You are a special kind of stupid not to recognize that no one claims that hospitals "kill off" a patient for $39,000, but they will write the word, 'Covid 19' on the death certificate.
Of course the hospital will try to keep patients alive while they generate insurance payments, but if they die, they will cash in on the $39,000 gummint pay off.
How special do you feel now?
As I understand it, whatever is being paid by Fedgov is ADDITIVE to the payments made by insurance companies/individuals (deductibles/co-pays, etc.) pay. So, an extra five figures on top of what the hospitals are charging, across hundreds or thousands of patients, can add up.
Consistently adding a diagnosis of the ‘rona to folks who come in for other things could be lucrative.
I’m not saying that’s happening (although I suspect it is on many cases). I’m just pointing out that if and where it is happening, it could be a nice added revenue source.
To some psychotic people, killing people for any amount of money is no big deal.