Well over a year ago we posted what we thought was the shocking
average COVID hospital bill $73,300 per COVID patient, and recently learned hospitals can bill up to $450,000 per patient that they can escalate to a "complex case" (perhaps with the help of
Remdesivir poisoning), taking them on the hospital full ride to their death. Never dreamed that would amount to chump change compared to
current hospital stay costs an average of $400,000 in some states.Simple formula. The sicker they can get the patient, the more money they make. That may explain Anthony Fauci's historically unprecedented, "go home and isolate" with no early treatment recommendations, until you begin to suffocate and need a hospital.
https://www.covid-19forum.org/index.php?topic=41.0Especially since it absolutely cannot be argued that virtually all of those folks - including the ones that died - could have been cured in the comfort of their own homes
through early treatment, with a $20 generic, multi-decade-proven-safe, drug and nutraceutical combination protocol.https://www.covid-19forum.org/index.php?board=3.0https://money.com/covid-19-hospital-cost-by-state/"
Average Costs for a COVID-19 Hospital Stay Top $400,000 in Some States: Study Author: Adam Hardy
Editor: Elizabeth O'Brien and Brad Tuttle
Published: Oct 25, 2021
In the U.S., hospital stays for any reason typically come with bloated bills. But new data show that hospitalization for COVID-19 is on an entirely different level — costing, in many cases, hundreds of thousands of dollars before insurance.
Fair Health, an independent nonprofit that tracks health care costs, recently released an
interactive tool that displays state-by-state costs associated with COVID-19 treatment.
“It is notable how widely COVID-19 costs range depending on the severity of the disease,” Robin Gelburd, president at Fair Health, said in an email to Money. The amounts billed by hospitals can vary widely based on where the treatment is taking place as well.
Navigating the potential costs for COVID-19 hospitalization (or any hospital stay) can be incredibly confusing. In its study, Fair Health breaks down the hospitalization charges in different states into “complex” and “noncomplex” COVID-19 cases. It defines complex cases as “the most serious” ones, which require admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) and/or a ventilator. Noncomplex cases include hospital admission but not an ICU visit or a ventilator.
COVID-19 hospital costs
Even for noncomplex COVID-19 hospitalizations, the average billing costs exceed six figures in several states, ranging from $31,339 to $111,213 around the country.
Complex cases are much more expensive, with average costs ranging from $131,965 to $472,213.
Location matters almost as much as the severity of the illness. The most expensive states for treatment for complex COVID-19 cases have the following average costs:
Nevada: $472,213
California: $461,780
Alaska: $417,208
Texas: $378,052
New Jersey: $377,198
For noncomplex cases, the most expensive states are:
California: $111,213
Alaska: $108,870
Wyoming: $102,772
Nevada: $102,115
New Mexico: $98,336
Notably, Maryland was the "cheapest" state on average for both complex and noncomplex COVID-19 hospitalization, at $131,965 and $31,339 respectively.
Take note that these figures are based on what Fair Health calls the "charged amount." This accounts for the total fees charged to uninsured patients or for patients who have health insurance but are receiving out-of-network care.
Figuring out how much people are being charged for hospitalizations when they have insurance and are in-network is complicated. In addition to the "charged amounts," Fair Health's dataset includes an "estimated allowed amount" for each state. This figure is generally much lower than the "charged amount" because it reflects the costs of care after insurance companies have negotiated with the health care providers. Insurance companies take that total, cover what they will, and then charge the rest to the patient.
Even after insurance companies negotiate a lower price, the average costs for treating a complex COVID-19 patient still exceed six figures in 16 states. Costs in New Jersey were the highest, at $128,650. They were the lowest in Maryland, at $49,127.
Why do costs vary so much by state? Gelburd explained a number of factors are at play.
“Different communities have different cost of living profiles and labor prices. Malpractice insurance costs vary, and the different technologies used in practices influence price. The negotiations between providers and insurers may also play a role in pricing,” she said.
Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News, wrote in a New York Times op-ed Sunday that Maryland's low prices may be due to the state's decades-long history of trying to keep medical expenditures down through rate-setting programs — and that Maryland's independent commission of governor-appointed health-care experts effectively guides what hospitals can charge."
Any surprise to learn then, that hospitals and doctor groups have been increasingly controlled by hedge funds and private equity funds?https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hedge+fund+and+private+equity+takeover+of+hospitals&va=j&t=hb&ia=webAgain, it's a simple formula.
The sicker they can make the patient, the more money they stand to make.https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ventilaters+harm+patients+make+hospitals+more+money&va=j&t=hb&ia=web‘A patient cured is a customer lost’https://www.biznews.com/undictated/2021/09/27/big-pharma-roulac
