Well, let's see here ... I'd like to be a fly on the wall at a hospital board meeting.

Hospital Administrator reviewing a hospital death with his staff ....

Ok, if this 95 year old fart died of pneumonia, we get "X" dollars. If he died of Covid (which has very similar symptoms), we get "XXX" dollars. We are not required to test for Covid .... hmmmm, what should we say killed him?

FYI ... here's some fake news (?):

Strict Federal definition: (highlights are mine, sorry)

Until April 14, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counted as COVID-19 deaths only those in which the coronavirus was confirmed in a laboratory test ..... now, CDC counts probable cases and deaths. The day the change was announced, New York City’s COVID-19 death tally soared by more than 3,700 when it included in its total the deaths of people who were suspected of having COVID-19 but were never tested.