tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post6574013095918242516..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Limit Americans' out-of-pocket exposure for Coronavirus treatmentAndrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-23515127132816123942020-03-16T10:17:31.183-04:002020-03-16T10:17:31.183-04:00Thanks for an important post.
In my recent article...Thanks for an important post.<br />In my recent article on medical debt, I proposed that all emergency treatments be covered by insurers without a deductible or co-payments.<br />When writing this, I had in mind car accidents and broken legs, but coronavirus would certainly qualify.<br />Let's say that 5 million persons are eventually hospitalized for this illness.<br />At least half of them will be on Medicare or Medicaid. That leaves us with perhaps 2 million claims to pay without a deductible from private insurers.<br />2 million times $8,000 each is only $16 billion in new federal reinsurance.<br />That is not much in federal spending terms.Bob Hertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889826739646491269noreply@blogger.com