"Hospitals got a 20% Medicare payment boost for COVID-19 inpatients under the CARES Act (e.g., ~$13K to $16K for basic cases, ~$40K to $48K with ventilators), plus extra for treatments like remdesivir. The $175B Provider Relief Fund added grants—$30B based on Medicare revenue, $12B for high-COVID hospitals, $10B for rural ones—to offset losses and costs."

It was enough to motivate murder, in some cases.