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During a in Wisconsin, President Donald Trump questioned the reported numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. by describing a purported “incentive” to report cases and deaths, because “doctors get more money and hospitals get more money.”Trump’s comments tapped into a months-old, baseless conspiracy theory for which there is no evidence: that COVID-19 deaths have been inflated by hospitals seeking to profit.Trump’s came during an Oct. 24 rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin.Trump, Oct. 24: If somebody’s terminally ill with cancer, and they have COVID, we report them. And you know, doctors get more money and hospitals get more money.The supposed “incentive” referenced by Trump is likely a reference to the financial assistance for Trump himself signed into law in March.That fact alone is not evidence of misreporting or fraud, though — especially at levels large enough to significantly affect the country’s current of 227,000.that deaths were being improperly counted for financial reasons.to this year’s excess mortality in the U.S. —From late January through Oct. 3, there were an estimated 299,028 excess deaths, to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; about two-thirds were directly attributed to COVID-19. (The deaths in that report were based on death certificates from the National Vital Statistics System, which lags behind other measures because of the time it takes to complete and process certificates, the CDC told us.)The U.S.And University of Oxford economists Janine Aron and John Muellbauer concluded in apublished last month that the U.S.’s excess mortality rate is “substantially worse” than Europe’s.To be clear, there could be some cases that are misreported. But experts also have said the official death toll may be , in part excess mortality figures are higher.We asked theInstead, the agency noted the requirement of a positive COVID-19 test for the enhanced Medicare reimbursement — a requirement implemented in September — and said that if, upon review, the medical record lacks a positive test, that increased payment will be considered an overpayment and recouped by CMS.Writing for , Ashish K. Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, said the enhanced payments came about because “Jha said there have also been arguments about hospitals improperly reporting “Schwartz also pointed out that the enhanced payments only apply to cases of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with COVID-19 — which represent a small fraction of the total U.S. cases.According to , there were 284,316 total COVID-19 hospitalizations of Medicare beneficiaries through Aug. 15. That is only 5% of the confirmed or probable cases in the U.S. reported as of that point in time.And, Schwartz said, thoseThat said, it’s worth understanding how COVID-19 deaths are classified.Death certificates, as we’ve , can list multiple ther comorbidities. Those ailments could be caused by COVID-19, such as It is well-known that and people with are at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19.But in 92% of death certificates in the U.S. citingThe CDC that its “mInternational Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health ProblemsThis fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Clickfor more.Ask SciCheckQ. Are vaccinated and boosted people more susceptible to infection or disease with the omicron variant than unvaccinated people?A. No. Getting vaccinated increases your protection against COVID-19. Sometimes, certain raw data can suggest otherwise, but that information cannot be used to determine how well a vaccine works.Have a question?

During a in Wisconsin, President Donald Trump questioned the reported numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. by describing a purported “incentive” to report cases and deaths, because “doctors get more money and hospitals get more money.”Trump’s comments tapped into a months-old, baseless conspiracy theory for which there is no evidence: that COVID-19 deaths have been inflated by hospitals seeking to profit.Trump’s came during an Oct. 24 rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin.Trump, Oct. 24: If somebody’s terminally ill with cancer, and they have COVID, we report them. And you know, doctors...

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