72% of large insurance plans no longer waiving cost sharing for rona treatment

[TheSweatshirt]

Most private insurers are no longer waiving cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatment - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker

Federal law requires all private insurance plans to cover the entire cost associated with approved COVID-19 testing so long as the test is deemed medically appropriate. Additionally, the U.S. government pre-paid for COVID-19 vaccines and required COVID-19 vaccines be made available at no...

www.healthsystemtracker.org

 

[scotchtiger]

If I need treatment for Covid, I have no expectation that it would be managed differently than any other illness from a financial standpoint.

Agree that testing, vaccines and general prevention should have costs minimized to reduce any sort of access/use abrasion.

 

[PawsFan_]

Dang. There goes my $30 copay.

 

[TheSweatshirt]

Dang. There goes my $30 copay.

You must have amazing insurance if you could spend weeks in the ICU and only be responsible for a $30 copay!