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BigmanPigman

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3. In 2016 I was in the hospital for 4 days...

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Mon Sep 20, 2021, 01:41 AM

Sep 2021

Blue Shield covered about $30,000 and I had to pay $3,000 (more than a month's fixed income). How many people who have Covid are able to pay that? Multiply it by 10 and that is probably the cost to stay in a hospital due to Covid related issues....much more than my experience. Is everyone going to start Go Fund Me sites if they can't afford it? Are they going to go bankrupt?

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The days of full covid coverage are over. Insurers are restoring deductibles and co-pays [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 OP

This is so scary Hekate Sep 2021 #1

I generally never stand on the side of insurance, but in this case I can see where they are coming captain queeg Sep 2021 #2

Aye, the people that refuse to take the vaccine should be the ones that have to pay. cstanleytech Sep 2021 #4

In 2016 I was in the hospital for 4 days... BigmanPigman Sep 2021 #3

The fact that they could let everyone slide when they wanted to should tell us something. brewens Sep 2021 #5

If hospital bills were published in local papers, the vaccination rate would skyrocket. Vinca Sep 2021 #6

Most insurance plans stop waiving costs of COVID hospitalizations LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #7