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Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by _hl_ on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @10:40AM (#22546211)
> It's also not clear what advantage "public healthcare" is supposed to have in this

More people going to a doctor because they aren't scared of the bills means more people being properly tested, properly quarantined, contact-traced, and most importantly properly reported and reflected in the statistics, leading to better countermeasures and responses.

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Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @12:28PM (#22547095)
The obvious solution to this would be to offer free testing to anybody without insurance who a doctor thinks should be tested. It's somewhat stupefying that neither the insurance companies nor the government are already doing this (assuming they're actually not).
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