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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