https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/04/29/usa-today-fact-check-hospitals-get-paid-more-for-covid-19-patients.aspxAccording to Fox News&rsquo; Dr. Marc Siegel, hospitals get paid more for treating COVID-19 patients on ventilators. But is it true? Yes, it is, according to fact-checkers at USA Today. In fact, hospitals not only get paid more for Medicare patients withenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/04/29/usa-today-fact-check-hospitals-get-paid-more-for-covid-19-patients.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#9954134/30/2020 5:16:19 PM24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:995413mar6915<p>I read on an earlier article on here ??? Or somewhere that the ventilators are killing people and it is the ventilators that are actually giving people the pneumonia.</p> https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/04/29/usa-today-fact-check-hospitals-get-paid-more-for-covid-19-patients.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#9953644/30/2020 11:49:18 AM24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:995364WiseAmy<p>So you&#39;re saying hospitals risk people&#39;s lives and the lives of their own to make $$?</p> https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/04/29/usa-today-fact-check-hospitals-get-paid-more-for-covid-19-patients.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#9951684/29/2020 10:42:02 AM24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:995168LoveJoyHealth<p>Yes... But are they taking advantage of this loophole in a way that is manipulative and confusing to the counting and illness reporting?</p> <p>I would think good intentions will keep MOST from using this outside of proper practices and honesty.</p>