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sethnintendo on 01 May 2020
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Immersiveunreality said:
last92 said:

Do we know what happens if uninsured citizens get infected? Do they still need to pay astronomically high fees if they get hospitalized? If that's the case, many people dying without getting hospitalized wouldn't be surprising at all.

Yes the land of the free,till you need to get hospitalized and be in debt for maybe the rest of your life.

The healhtsystem in the U.S is blatant scummery,i really hope that gets better for the people over there.

From my understanding under the Cares act that they passed all Covid 19 testing and treatment is covered even if unisured.  Yet that doesn't mean the other flu tests they run before Covid 19 test are covered.

So basically they will test you for everything else before testing Covid 19 unless you are lucky enough to have drive in testing location near you.  If you have to go to hospital or clinic then they will run all other cold and flu tests first.  You will be on the hook for those.  They want to rule out other infections but they also have shortage of Covid 19 tests no matter what the administration says.

Here is a good article that explains the situation here since our health system is complex and not made easy for one reason: money

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/29/847450671/covid-19-tests-that-are-supposed-to-be-free-can-ring-up-surprising-charges

Last edited by sethnintendo - on 01 May 2020