Surge in Coronavirus Health-Care Costs Spurs Washington to Seek Relief

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Lawmakers look to protect patients from surprise bills for coronavirus treatment and encourage states to expand Medicaid

Coronavirus patients are confronting steep medical bills despite efforts by the federal government and insurers to soften the financial blow, prompting a renewed push by lawmakers for possible legislative fixes that may come too late—if at all—for many people in the pandemic.

Among the issues patients face: Out-of-network emergency room doctors and other clinicians can still bill patients for charges not covered by insurance. Plans that don’t comply with the Affordable Care Act may not cover hospitalization or cap the daily...

 

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What? We have the greatest bankruptcy machine ever invented: American health insurance.

This virus thing is a lie. All fiction.

Apparently, tax payers are still the ones to pay for the Coronavirus bills if it's not well managed by the government of their respective countries.

Some days I can't stop thinking about you, and other days I wonder why I'm wasting my time.

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As much as iowagop has act to slash the Iowa heallthcare budget, I'm guessing iagovernor isn't one of those governors. She'd prefer to make people pay their own way unless they are a milllionaire.

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