Sunday, June 14, 2020

Health Care costs for Coronavirus in USA



Uninsured patients could expect to pay at least $500-$1,000 just to get tested for the virus, and a 10-day hospital stay could amount to a bill of at least $75,000, according to one expert. 
The U.S. is one of the only developed countries that doesn’t require workers to get paid time off when they’re sick.

Roughly a quarter of working Americans don’t have paid sick leave, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Low-income Americans are much more at risk — only 31% of the bottom tenth of wage earners get paid sick days, while 94% of the highest earners enjoy the benefit……..


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