Medical Bills for COVID-19Top of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1686, Segment 1
Sep 14, 2021 • 20m
Across the country, hospital intensive care units are again overflowing with seriously ill COVID-19 patients. But this time around, people are likely to face much higher medical bills for that care compared to previous waves of the pandemic. The same is true for routine COVID-19 tests that may have previously been free. Cynthia Cox, vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, tracks how insurers cover COVID-19 treatment.