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Ron Johnson: “We get an extra 20% for calling Buddy somebody a COVID…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Ron Johnson on the DarkHorse Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 25:29

Great. That's, you know, 3,000 bucks. What cut do we get out of that? Oh, plus we get another 20%. Oh, We get an extra 20% for calling Buddy somebody a COVID patient. You know, that guy just, you know, coming in here going to die from his motorcycle accident. He had Covid. So all the financial incentives were there. (25:29–25:34)

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Asserts that hospitals received an extra 20% payment for labeling patients as COVID-19 cases.

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