On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:45:20 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2021-02-18 2:22 p.m., Graham wrote:
>> On 2021-02-18 10:39 a.m., BryanGSimmons wrote:
>>> I found out today that I guy I'd worked with for a few years died of
>>> Covid last month.Â* He was only 43 years old.
>>>
>> And still there are many who think that it's a hoax!
>
>My niece who lives just south of Los Angeles does not think it is a
>hoax. She has lost four friends to it.

<deplorable>
They didn't really die of covid. They died of other causes. The doctor
just reported it as a covid death so the hospital gets more money.
</deplorable>

On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 07:06:39 +1100, Bruce > wrote:

>On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:45:20 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>On 2021-02-18 2:22 p.m., Graham wrote:
>>> On 2021-02-18 10:39 a.m., BryanGSimmons wrote:
>>>> I found out today that I guy I'd worked with for a few years died of
>>>> Covid last month.* He was only 43 years old.
>>>>
>>> And still there are many who think that it's a hoax!
>>
>>My niece who lives just south of Los Angeles does not think it is a
>>hoax. She has lost four friends to it.
>
><deplorable>
>They didn't really die of covid. They died of other causes. The doctor
>just reported it as a covid death so the hospital gets more money.
></deplorable>

Yeah, you tell yourself that. You ignorant ****.

Bruce wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:45:20 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> > On 2021-02-18 2:22 p.m., Graham wrote:
> >> On 2021-02-18 10:39 a.m., BryanGSimmons wrote:
> >>> I found out today that I guy I'd worked with for a few years died
> of >>> Covid last month.Â* He was only 43 years old.
> > > >
> >> And still there are many who think that it's a hoax!
> >
> > My niece who lives just south of Los Angeles does not think it is a
> > hoax. She has lost four friends to it.
>
> <deplorable>
> They didn't really die of covid. They died of other causes. The doctor
> just reported it as a covid death so the hospital gets more money.
> </deplorable>

The hospitals don't get more money if it's COVID.

On 2/19/2021 6:04 PM, cshenk wrote:
> The hospitals don't get more money if it's COVID.
>
No more than the going government rate anyway.

On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:04:22 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:45:20 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > On 2021-02-18 2:22 p.m., Graham wrote:
>> >> On 2021-02-18 10:39 a.m., BryanGSimmons wrote:
>> >>> I found out today that I guy I'd worked with for a few years died
>> of >>> Covid last month.Â* He was only 43 years old.
>> > > >
>> >> And still there are many who think that it's a hoax!
>> >
>> > My niece who lives just south of Los Angeles does not think it is a
>> > hoax. She has lost four friends to it.
>>
>> <deplorable>
>> They didn't really die of covid. They died of other causes. The doctor
>> just reported it as a covid death so the hospital gets more money.
>> </deplorable>
>
>The hospitals don't get more money if it's COVID.

I don't know. That's what Joan says.

On 2/19/2021 3:04 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Bruce wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:45:20 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2021-02-18 2:22 p.m., Graham wrote:
>>>> On 2021-02-18 10:39 a.m., BryanGSimmons wrote:
>>>>> I found out today that I guy I'd worked with for a few years died
>> of >>> Covid last month.Â* He was only 43 years old.
>>>>>
>>>> And still there are many who think that it's a hoax!
>>>
>>> My niece who lives just south of Los Angeles does not think it is a
>>> hoax. She has lost four friends to it.
>>
>> <deplorable>
>> They didn't really die of covid. They died of other causes. The doctor
>> just reported it as a covid death so the hospital gets more money.
>> </deplorable>
>
> The hospitals don't get more money if it's COVID.
>


Yes they do. It is part of the CARES Act.