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I'm not sure what post you're responding to said, but I do believe federal Medicare reimbursement is higher for covid-19 care than for similar care that doesn't involve covid-19. It seems there is an additional 20% payment from Medicare when covid-19 is involved (though it seems this must also be much smaller than the "extra $13,000" or "extra $39,000" claims I've seen. I think it may be an extra 20% of those base numbers, not sure). [1]

The step many irresponsible people take to suggesting that doctors, hospitals, or insurers are fraudulently marking deaths as covid-19 deaths is whacked, though, in my opinion. The penalties for Medicare fraud are large, including criminal punishment (individuals can go to prison), and I highly doubt anyone is doing it. (Maybe, like voter fraud, there are isolated instances by bad actors, but to believe there is widespread misreporting of covid-19 deaths that substantially affects the overall numbers is crazy.)

[1] https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/hospital-payments-and-the-...