Some Insurers Waive Patients' Share Of Costs For COVID-19 Treatment Covid-19 Treatments
Aetna was the first insurer to make known its plan to aid shield patients with COVID-19 from tall medical bills. But out-of-network charges and other surprise bills remain a risk, declare advocates for patients. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
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Aetna was the first insurer to make known its plan to aid shield patients with COVID-19 from tall medical bills. But out-of-network charges and other surprise bills remain a risk, declare advocates for patients.
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Three major health insurance providers keep at the moment pledged to shield patients from tall medical bills if they need treatment for COVID-19. Insurers . "That's — for most families — a lot extra cash than they keep sitting in their bank account," she says. "So that's really scary."
All three insurers keep at the moment pledged to waive the patient's bit of a medical bill — what's called a patient's " are great news, yet there are caveats, and those caveats mean many people may still keep to worry about their medical bills in the midst of this epidemic, says Levitt.
"On any normal day, the expense of a hospitalization for a patient — regular someone with insurance — can be overwhelming," he says. "But at the moment we're looking at these health care expenses coming supported by peak of uncertainty about the financial future, people losing their jobs or getting their hours reduced — it's a faultless storm."
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