Hundreds of thousands of people around the world have been affected with COVID-19 and soon the numbers will go up as more people get tested. Although we've been provided with testing kits from the government, the costs are insane. I want to solve this issue to make testing free because at this point we should all stand together in times of life and death. Let's sign this petition and get it to the government to resolve this issue and help the many people who are not financially able to be tested like others.
As youy may already know this virus is spreading fast and will keep growing, with that being said many of the elderly are being affected, and there are families that are not financially ready to be tested with already struggling to keep up with their payments/bills, and with this petition we can hopefully help those families that are in hard times.
Troubling stories about steep medical bills have been spreading along with the disease. For example In Miami, a man who got tested after a work trip to China reportely racked up $3,270 in hospital charges. A Pennsylvania man set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for $3,918 insuprise bills after he was evacuated from China and quarantined with his three-year-old daughter.
In Kansas, a debate coach who traveled to Shanghai for a tournament in mid-January was tested at a Kansas hospital for the coronavirus and other ailments and recieved a $983 bill a few weeks later, he told MarketWatch."My first reaction was to laugh in disbelief," said 27-year-old Tyler Prochazka of the moment he saw the bill.
At least one state is telling residents that if they need to be tested or treated for the coronavirus, their expenses will be covered. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that he's issuing a directive "requiring NY health insurers to waive cost sharing associated with testing for #coronavirus, including emergency room, urgent care and office visits."He wrote on Twitter TWTR, -3.49%,"We can't let cost be a barrier to access to COVID-19 testing for any New Yorker." He added that New Yorkers on Medicaid wouldn't have to pay for testing.
If you feel you have Covid-19, please call my Health COVID-19 Hotline is 866-723-2123 before going to a doctor or hospital.
