I meant worldwide fatalities. To your point, I think the US medical healthcare system is capable of saving the lives of diagnosed cases far better than remote areas ow Wuhan China. In addition, now that we know the wolf is at the door we all can at least do something about it!
Does that mean recompensing people for loss of earnings as well?
How many countries have reported at least one person infected?
I just read a twitter thread about a womanâs ordeal in washington. She is pretty sure she has COVID-19 and has been getting a huge runaround about how to get a test. Finally she learned she doesnât qualify until basically she has pneumonia. Since she has week lungs, that might kill her.
And she is a health care worker.
One anecdote, and itâs twitter, but curious to see if someone takes a real look at the process.
my point is, with insurance, primary care dr.s, ERs, etcâŚI think our system is very cumbersome to handle stuff like this.
How is his crappy plan worse than most other plans these days in regard to paying for this? I would be on the hook for it as well, having not met my deductible for the year, which is 6k and that is a plan that conforms to obamacare rules.
Not sure that is warranted. They are pegging the mortality rate at 1.4 now, but many think that number will fall in to line with the regular flu by the time unreported cases are factored in. We donât shut down all air travel for the flu, why should we for this?
This wonât be contained. The symptom less but infectious period is too long and ease of transmission too high.
The agency or person who is requiring testing and quarantine should pay for the same, and recover total costs in a class action against the source of the outbreak, if the outbreak was caused by some kind of criminal negligence. Otherwise, the state should take responsibility for the costs, while punishing price gouging and profiteering by health agencies.
WHatâs the deal with that? It can be passed on even if you are not symptomatic?
Awesome.
IN NY Cuomo just announced MC recipiants will pay no co-pay for any testing or treatment associated with COVID 19.
Seperately, a NY doctor is complaining he canât give the test due to over tight restrictions. That comlaint is similar to the twitter thread I referenced above.
What are you basing that on?
It really makes sense that our system is going to be cumbersome in responding here. Insurance companies are not interested in paying out for thousands of these tests. The fact that we have (often high) co-pays for our insurance americans and still millions of uninsured americans means people are going to resist testing to avoid having to pay. And it sounds like information is slow to move through he pipeline, from test maker, to insurance provider, to test center, to primary care doctor, to hospitalsâŚ
Our HC system has too many layers, Itâs profitable but inefficient in terms of rapidly responding to crisis.
Must be a regional or resource issue. Here in the Patapsco River Drainage Basin, there are remarkable medical centers where anyone with a medical crisis can get the best available. Johns Hopkins, U of MD, Mercy Medical, MedStar Health.
Guess weâre lucky?
Latest New York Times article on the subject.
Agreed. Naturally that would happen. Iâve never even heard of deductibles in health care. Iâve never had a plan that had anything beyond a copay in 30 years.
No. Not if you choose to travel to locations when you know a quarantine is mandatory upon your return.
Lol I like to save a buck as much as the next guy but Jesus.
My point exactly. If earlier intervention and better care donât reduce deaths here vs places like China this will be an absolute exception to the norm.
Sheesh, who flagged my post?
Long story short, â â â â is spreading and might likely have been doing so for a while. More deaths in Washington too.
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Itâs been in Washington for 6 weeks or more. Once testing is implemented we will see a clearer picture.
Testing began four weeks ago.
How many tests were conducted in Snohomish county, or the state of WA?
