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Re:New COVID-19 cases reported across Japan by rtkwe on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @01:16PM (#22358526)
People will still most likely be stuck with the price of their care unless we get to the point that the CDC and the government at large are opening quarantine and treatment facilities of their own to deal with a true outbreak. Short of that most people will just wind up in the normal hospital and healthcare system which means they'd be paying for their own care.

It'd be a sad but ultimately useful twist if a big outbreak hitting the US pushed us to finally adopt a reasonable centralized healthcare system. I could see it happening but I could also just see a block of money being set aside to pay for peoples' care too.

Re:New COVID-19 cases reported across Japan by partiallypro on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @01:26PM (#22358665)
It's highly likely that in such a mass event the US would have a debt forgiveness program or work with healthcare providers to subsidize costs. At that point it would become a national security emergency which would open up federal spending flood gates.
Re:New COVID-19 cases reported across Japan by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @01:41PM (#22358835)
"Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing…after they have exhausted all other possibilities."

-- Meme