West Twin Cities

State Sen. Scott Jensen (R-Chaska) is calling for an audit of COVID-19 death rates. 

Jensen’s request comes after recent claims that several people listed as dying from COVID-19 actually died from other reasons such as drowning, car accidents and strokes. 

According to Jensen, a perverse financial incentive is in play for hospitals who improperly diagnose deaths as Covid.

“If you could hit a threshold of 161 admissions to your hospital with COVID-19 diagnosis between January and June, you received $77,000 of additional money for each one of those admissions” Jensen told Fox News. “I don’t think there’s any questions that reverse incentives have been created.”