The Cost of Not Getting Tested for Coronavirus: A $10K ER Bill

Re:The Cost of Not Getting Tested for Coronavirus: A $10K ER... by makomk on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @05:05PM (#22550605)

Yeah, here in the UK she could've been told that she wasn't going to get tested for coronavirus over the phone for free. It's a much more civilized system. (Though to be fair, we did a little better at adding Italy to the list of qualifying countries promptly than the USA.)

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Re:The Cost of Not Getting Tested for Coronavirus: A $10K ER... by Veedrac on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @06:21PM (#22551440)

UK tests per million: 387

USA tests per million: 26

Not really the same.

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Re:The Cost of Not Getting Tested for Coronavirus: A $10K ER... by tedunangst on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @07:59PM (#22552110)

There should be some adjustment for expected exposures, no?

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Re:The Cost of Not Getting Tested for Coronavirus: A $10K ER... by Veedrac on Thursday March 12, 2020 @02:25AM (#22554302)

If you believe the numbers, the UK has 6.9 per million infected, and the USA has 4.1, so they're pretty similar.

You shouldn't believe the numbers, though, because the USA is barely testing people—and not because they aren't sick; testing in the US is often expensive, as obviously idiotic as that is. I'd expect the USA to have a higher number of infected per capita in actuality.

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