USA Coronavirus patients will have to pay for their healthcare?

sadly it's true, the testing is free but the treatment is not!

At 10 years old, I was vocally anti-Vietnam. A social justice warrior in short pants. There was always an uncomfortable feeling deep inside me that something wasn't right with the outside world. My world was safe, or as safe as anybody's world could be.

If you had told me that now, 50 years later, that sense of the outside world, and the heads of state who are ultimately responsible for the health and well being of millions, interest themselves in profit rather than peace and order, I'd've more than likely ignored you with a polite smile.

Whilst I believe some sort of societal order will eventually be restored, it's going to be a long time. And the ramifications of the present way of ignoring the basic needs of those who are most in need and helpless, will not fade away.

Different plague, same brainless, venal cunts in charge.

Don't be such an asshole OP, in a third world country it's free, but you get third world medicine.

You're not getting anywhere near the standard.

What ? Even the gov pays for everything for their citizens in China during this pandemic

R4 there is no "even", most countries from Asia to EU to Canada to South America offered free treatment for coronavirus patients, the question here is why USA is not one of those countries.

R3 third world medicine? there is no medicine for covid-19, you need a ventilator if you are dying of a damaged lung. America might have 1st world higher standard ventilator, but the bad new is, you don't have enough ventilators to save everyone. Less than 5% patients who need one can get one, that's what happened in Italy, and it's been repeated in USA right now.

r3 I received better healthcare in Thailand than I did in the U.S.

Trump said two insurance companies are waiving co-pays for CV treatment. Not sure how that’s going to work since co-pays are paid to providers from patients. It’s the part the insurance company doesn’t pay.

I agree with r2 :

"And the ramifications of the present way of ignoring the basic needs of those who are most in need and helpless, will not fade away."

Also in regards to getting 3rd world care, Google USA healthcare ranking. High birth deaths, and we recently went BACKWARDS on life expectancy. USA provides 3rd world care, while corporate insurance companies reaped record profits. Healthcare CEO's making $26 million, while people are about to die. So Great Expectations of them.

How can you be shocked? As a people, we Americans often go against our own interests -- especially regarding health care. Remember that Nixon proposed a sort of universal health coverage? Hillarycare? The single payer option? Americans made sure none of those happened.

And yet we didn’t support Warren or Bernie, who demanded universal healthcare...

You want single player? Then vote for it.

Otherwise shut up

US insurance companies are now required to cover the cost of testing, and will cover at least part of the cost of treatment, but if you think insurance is expensive now, wait until next year. They’ll try to recoup that cost with *gigantic increases in premiums*.