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A Miami man has received a nearly $3,500 medical bill after getting coronavirus tests following his trip to China.
Osmel Martinez Azcue returned from a work trip last month to China and discovered he was feeling flu-like symptoms. Worried about the coronavirus, the man decided to go to a Florida hospital to get tested, according to the Miami Herald.
Testing revealed Mr Azcue had the flu, not the coronavirus. But his limited health insurance left him with a bill of $3,270 two weeks after his test. He will be responsible for $1,400 of that bill.
"How can they expect normal citizens to contribute to eliminating the potential risk of person-to-person spread if hospitals are waiting to charge us $3,270 for a simple blood test and a nasal swab?" Mr Azcue told the newspaper.
Mr Azcue previously had insurance through the Affordable Care Act. He picked that insurance as he makes $55,000 through his job at a medical-device company, and it does not provide a health insurance plan
So, most people here would not be able to afford the test. I'm not even talking about the care for those who got sick - only the test. So, pandemic will spread very fast - people just can't afford to have test, or, God forbid, be in a quarantine for two weeks with no pay. So they will chose to skip all of that, and virus will spread everywhere.
No universal health care system? Ok, now get the pandemic in exchange. Everything has it's price. Say thanks that death toll is only 3.5% in this particular case, so only ~10mln people will die in US this time - instead of hundred times less in presence of universal health care system.
And the funniest part is - everybody is equal to the virus. Money will not buy the free pass. Fair play this time.
forget the cost of going to the hospital - thanks to this being the only supposedly civilized society so vehemently opposed to paid leave for rank and file workers, you can bet that every hourly employee working the grocery stores, preparing your food, etc. is going to show up sick, so long as their legs can carry them. They simply can't afford to take off work. Good luck containing this thing, then.
100% reliance on one system can be bad... Why not a hybrid?
Hybrid would be the best, but it implies that universal health care (however limited) does at least exist. But any type of UHC will mean that those who rip people off now will have 99 palaces instead of 100. Horrible!
So, most people here would not be able to afford the test. I'm not even talking about the care for those who got sick - only the test. So, pandemic will spread very fast - people just can't afford to have test, or, God forbid, be in a quarantine for two weeks with no pay. So they will chose to skip all of that, and virus will spread everywhere.
No universal health care system? Ok, now get the pandemic in exchange. Everything has it's price. Say thanks that death toll is only 3.5% in this particular case, so only ~10mln people will die in US this time - instead of hundred times less in presence of universal health care system.
And the funniest part is - everybody is equal to the virus. Money will not buy the free pass. Fair play this time.
Millions who cannot afford to go to the dr - with or without insurance (copays and deductibles) and millions more who could get fired for missing a day because they or their child is sick. What could go wrong with a new virus?!
So, most people here would not be able to afford the test. I'm not even talking about the care for those who got sick - only the test. So, pandemic will spread very fast - people just can't afford to have test, or, God forbid, be in a quarantine for two weeks with no pay. So they will chose to skip all of that, and virus will spread everywhere.
No universal health care system? Ok, now get the pandemic in exchange. Everything has it's price. Say thanks that death toll is only 3.5% in this particular case, so only ~10mln people will die in US this time - instead of hundred times less in presence of universal health care system.
And the funniest part is - everybody is equal to the virus. Money will not buy the free pass. Fair play this time.
Opinion:
Priorities.Priorities.Priorities.
I have spent my entire life paying for medical at the expense of many things including necessities.
I have medical coverage and drive a junker while someone else drives a Lexus and has no medical coverage.
My Money well spent.
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