KManX89 on 09 December 2021
Unvaccinated Illinoisians Would Pay Covid Hospital Bills Under New Proposals
| Illinois residents who are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine and refuse to take it would have to pay for their treatment if they contract the virus under a proposed new bill. "I think it's time that we say: 'You choose not to get vaccinated, then you're also going to assume the risk that if you do catch COVID, and you get sick, the responsibility is on you,'" State Representative Jonathan Carroll told the Chicago Sun-Times this week. Legislation filed at the Illinois House of Representatives on Monday proposed that "a person who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and chooses not to be vaccinated shall pay for health care expenses out-of-pocket if the person becomes hospitalized because of COVID-19 symptoms." Such a bill would apply to any health insurance policies "amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023." |
Good, about time somebody said "you refuse to get the jab, you reap what you sow" instead of wasting resources. And (perhaps) more importantly, people with chronic conditions unrelated to Covid can actually get a bed. If states can regulate women's wombs, we can sure AF regulate their contagiousness.
I hope it passes.
