US Elections: Donald Trump Claims Doctors Are Exaggerating Coronavirus Deaths To Get More Money

US President Donald Trump has pushed the unfounded conspiracy theory that American healthcare workers are exaggerating the number of coronavirus deaths the country is suffering in order to get more money.

That claim was just one example among a litany of falsehoods and bizarre moments during Trump’s recent election campaign in Waterford, Michigan.

“You know, our doctors get more money if someone dies from Covid. You know that, right? Our doctors are very smart people. So what they do is say, ‘I’m sorry, everyone dies from Covid,'” Trump. said.

“But in Germany and elsewhere, if you have a heart attack or cancer, you have a terminal illness, you catch Covid, they say you have died of cancer. You have died of a heart attack.

“With us, when in doubt, choose Covid. It’s true. No, it’s true.”

The crowd laughed at this point.

“Now they’ll say, ‘It’s terrible what he said.’ But that’s true. It’s like $ 2,000 more,” Trump added, pointing to the media pen.

In the US, Medicare pays hospitals about three times more for a patient with a respiratory condition who needs a ventilator than one that does not. That is a standard policy that has nothing to do with the pandemic.

People with severe coronavirus infections are often placed on ventilators.

Under the stimulus legislation passed months ago and enacted by Trump, Medicare currently pays hospitals 20 percent more than its standard rate for patients who have the coronavirus. That is a real thing.

There is no evidence that healthcare workers wrongly attribute patient deaths to coronavirus out of greed.

There is also no evidence that the death toll from coronavirus in the United States, which currently stands at 229,000, is exaggerated. In fact, data on excess deaths in the US suggests that the number of victims of the pandemic has been underestimated.

This is not the first time that Trump has presented this particular conspiracy theory.

A week ago, organizations representing health care workers felt compelled to back down, and the American College of Physicians called it a “reprehensible attack on the ethics and professionalism of physicians.”

Since we’re on the topic of the coronavirus, it’s worth noting that Trump once again complained that the media was covering too much of the pandemic.

“You know, it’s all Covid, Covid, Covid. You know it. You turn on the news, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid. And you know, the cases are active. Why are the cases active? Because we test more than anyone in the story, “he said.

The United States reported more than 88,000 new infections yesterday, the highest number since the start of the pandemic. The nation’s daily average has skyrocketed in recent weeks and is also currently at a record high.

“Many countries do not test at all. Many countries do not test at all. But we do test more,” Trump continued.

“Deaths are down, people are getting better. I am an example of it. My wife is an example of it. And Barron Trump! Young. Very, young, 14 years old. He is my very tall 14 year old son.”

Trump’s son Donald Jr gave another version of that claim during an interview on Fox News last night, saying deaths from the virus dropped to “next to nothing.”

In reality, the US is currently suffering around 1,000 coronavirus deaths per day, and there are fears that the number will rise even further in the coming weeks, as deaths tend to lag behind any increase in cases.

Trump repeated his frequent claim that a vaccine will soon be available to the general public, though he said it was not needed anyway.

“Without him, we are still around the corner. We have it, but without it, we turn the corner.

“And it will be free. We are doing the vaccine for free. And the reason is that it was not your fault, it was no one’s fault, it was China’s fault. Just remember that.”