By Jon Rappoport -- NoMoreFakeNews——Bio and Archives--April 13, 2020
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"Right now Medicare has determined that if you have a COVID-19 admission to the hospital you'll get paid $13,000. If that COVID-19 patient goes on a ventilator, you get $39,000; three times as much. Nobody can tell me, after 35 years in the world of medicine, that sometimes those kinds of things [don't] [have] impact on what we do..."I reached out to Senator Jensen, and obtained clarification. Jensen told me his remark pertained to patients with Medicare coverage. And the 2 payouts he mentioned are standard insurance payments from Medicare which would go to the hospital. Of course, he explained, some hospitals have a pay-share plan with their staff doctors. Therefore, a windfall for the hospital is passed along to those doctors. Jensen told me: Take a Medicare patient who is diagnosed with simple non-COVID pneumonia. The hospital would receive a one-time Medicare lump-sum payout of $4600. However, if that Medicare patient is diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia, the Medicare coverage is a one-time $13,000 payment. And if the hospital puts that COVID-19 pneumonia patient on a ventilator, the one-time payment is $39,000. NOTE: It doesn't matter how long these patients stay in hospital---there is only going to be one lump-sum insurance payment.
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"Host Laura Ingraham read Jensen the [CDC] guidelines, which say: 'In cases where a definite diagnosis of COVID cannot be made but is suspected or likely (e.g. the circumstances are compelling with a reasonable degree of certainty) it is acceptable to report COVID-19 on a death certificate as 'probable' or 'presumed.'" "In response, Jensen told Ingraham the CDC's death certificate manual tells physicians to focus on 'precision and specificity,' but the coronavirus death certification guidance runs completely counter to that axiom." "'The idea that we are going to allow people to massage and sort of game the numbers is a real issue because we are going to undermine the [public] trust,' he said. 'And right now as we see politicians doing things that aren't necessarily motivated on fact and science, their trust in politicians is already wearing thin'." "...Jensen then told Ingraham that under the CDC guidelines, a patient who died after being hit by a bus and tested positive for coronavirus would be listed as having presumed to have died from the virus regardless of whatever damage was caused by the bus." "...Jensen also reacted to Dr. Anthony Fauci's response to a question about the potential for the number of coronavirus deaths being 'padded,' in which the NIAID director described the prevalence of 'conspiracy theories' during 'challenging' times in public health." "'I would remind him that anytime health care intersects with dollars it gets awkward,' Jensen said."
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The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free NoMoreFakeNews emails hereor his free OutsideTheRealityMachine emails here.