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Re:Flatten the Coronavirus Curve by HarryHirsch on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @11:09AM (#22536084)
That's nice, but how about treatment costs? You can get tested for COVID, but if you present at the ER with respiratory symptoms, physicians will want to rule our influenza and staph, and that will still cost you, nevermind treatment when you are admitted and uninsured.

It has been drilled into people that physicians will cheat and overbill you, and that you should not "overconsume medical resources", and now the economic damage of that mindset becomes apparent.

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Re:Flatten the Coronavirus Curve by murph-almighty on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @02:20PM (#22537998)
Mark my words, the stories of "Corona patient hit with $100k" bill _will_ lead to a push for M4A.
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Re:Flatten the Coronavirus Curve by HammockTester on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @02:45PM (#22538252)
Maybe in another 4 years after Biden loses this election.
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Re:Flatten the Coronavirus Curve by HarryHirsch on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @10:12PM (#22542280)
Looking at the current situation (mishandling of coronavirus, imminent recession and a powerless central bank, field of presidential candidates) one wants to echo Szilard, saying that Biden ought to lose the election, but Trump ought to lose the election, too. It's impossible to predict what will happen in the Fall.
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