Would Federal Reimbursement for treating Covid-19 cases have anything to do with this? I’m betting it does. The investigation needs to determine the cause of such a stunning overcount and publicize it.
https://www.asco.org/asco-coronavirus-information/covid-19-policy-updates
Oversights like this are either from incompetence or "take car of my buddies" criminality among those who craft these bills.
I've long championed that Congress should have a staff made up of convicted criminals who would review each pending bill, with orders to find a way to make money by abusing it.
I was in the hospital for some surgery. On the night before they released me they moved me to another room. When I saw the room number, I asked if that wasn’t the COVID ward. They said it was.
The only thing I can come up with is that allowed them to count me as a COVID patient and they could get federal money for it.