Our For Profit Health Insurance System Responds to the Corona Virus
People with insurance spending 3 hours on hold trying to get pre-approval for a blood test. People without it or with not good insurance….
After returning to Miami last month from a work trip in China, Osmel Martinez Azcue found himself in a frightening position: he was developing flu-like symptoms, just as coronavirus was ravaging the country he had visited.
Under normal circumstances, Azcue said he would have gone to CVS for over-the-counter medicine and fought the flu on his own, but this time was different. As health officials stressed preparedness and vigilance for the respiratory illness, Azcue felt it was his responsibility to his family and his community to get tested for novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19.
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But two weeks later, Azcue got unwelcome news in the form of a notice from his insurance company about a claim for $3,270.
We might find it hard to get ahead of a pandemic when the priority is stuffing additional riches in the bank accounts of billionaires.
-Via Eschaton
Eschaton had this up too –
https://twitter.com/mmcauliff/status/1232784696792297472
Azar refuses to promise a coronavirus vaccine will be affordable for anyone:
“We would want to ensure that we work to make it affordable, but we can’t control that price, because we need the private sector to invest.. Price controls won’t get us there.”
That Alfalfa Club Azar promises a “for profit” vaccine is not even a little surprising.
After watching Trump’s discourse on the corona virus, my response today will be to head down to the Costco and stock up on canned food. We are screwed.
Yeah that was bonkers.
A better idea is for all you Leftists to leave this great nation.
This is a hilarious comment as I treat so many indigents who vote team red.
Another conservative you can depend on — or rather, has Depends on because of his tendency to pee his pants.
“Great nation.” What a twat.
I think America is lousy and I refuse to leave.
You are a seriously deranged Orange-nitwit supporter. Are you Alex Jones? How’s that drunk driving conspiracy being waged against you going Alex? MMMMMM….. I think you’ve uncovered the truth. Now take your lithium and listen to those voices murmuring in your psychotic dominated cerebellum. Nobody needs another weapon against the Trumpster. One decent lobotomy would do wonders for your idol.
Representative John Kowalko
I let that guy go troll elsewhere.
Thank you. These times are trying enough without the loonies
Rep. Kowalko