Long-term Covid left one NJ woman staring at a six-figure medical bill this winter. And she wasn’t alone. Many long-haulers struggle to pay their massive hospital bills and medical debts have surged nationwide in the last year. NBC News NOW’s Isa Gutierrez reports – including how our subject’s story may be taking a turn for the better.
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My sister, who has been a Federal employee for 24 years, barely made it out alive from COVID. She is now stuck with bills and no help from the government she dedicated her best years to.
The price for surviving, it seems.
If she had Obamacare she wouldn't be dealing with this.
Government should waived the cost for all patient related to covid
Average American only live day by day.
I made precautions, good thing I don't have to deal with that.
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These people should realize they are being shaken down and refuse to pay. Why give in to extortionate demands?
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This is so sad. Keep fighting the cruel insurance industry. It is crazy that the richest country in the world has no public health system. And still people keep voting for the Republican party and keep letting them block bills that would help most citizens in America. It is incomprehensible to me.
This all seems very much like my fibromyalgia symptoms..which seemed to have a possible link to lagging symptoms caused by having mono. It's rough, I've been working 20 hours a week since 2011, when i got the fibromyalgia diagnosis. and if I didn't push myself, wouldn't work at all…because it hurts just to force oneself out of bed most days. Maybe these doctors need to treat people for chronic fatigue and other symptoms caused by viruses/autoimmune disorders
Being that we dont know the origin of COVID-19 the government should pay long hauler bills✌
I am also a long hauler for 6 months now,the suffering is real and awful.Many doctors also don't care
Yep, this is the good old American way.
Even many "3rd-World" counties, like Thailand & Uganda, have universal care.
What Thailand Can Teach the World About Universal Health Coverage
https://www.theguardian.com/health-revolution/2016/may/24/thailand-universal-healthcare-ucs-patients-government-political
"Thai citizens gain universal access to essential health services at zero costâ€â€Âand reap major benefits as babies get healthier, workers increase productivity, and households reduce financial risk"
Moreover, according to the US National Library of Medicine – National Institutes of Health, Thailand is the #1 destination for medical tourism.
Thailand top destination for medical tourists
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3883860/
There is only ONE "developed" nation on Earth that does not have some kind of single-payer, universal health coverage. Guess what one?
So, you have to ask, can we really be classified as a "developed" nation?
The greedy and twisted American "medical industry" profiting from Covid-19, IS CRIMINAL! The entire system is a disaster! It preys on all of us, not to care for us, but TO ROB US OF EVERYTHING WE OWN AND THEN $UM! INFURIATING!!
Who were the politicians that ignored the seriousness of covid ?
Bloomberg Surveillance just ran a segment on this where a Prof from Johns Hopkins was interviewed and said that LT COVID is <<Frequent>> and Bloomberg put in the headline on the bottom of the screen that said the "Hopkins LT COVID Infrequent" Dumb
Not one single American has been able to tell me why universal health care, like exists in every civilized country on Earth except the USA, is considered worse than mortgaging your house and going broke when you have to be hospitalized. The total bill for my hospitalization in the poshest clinique and most advanced surgery in existence was US$400. In the USA, it would have been over US$100,000. Still, Americans think the latter is the be preferred. Can ANYONE American tell me why Americans think that?
Please, type in Greta Thunberg connects climate, ecological and health crisis.
Mark 1:15
Romans 10:9-13
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV
And an untested "vaccine" for the common cold will ensure you never have any medical bills again.
Because we don't live in a society where millions of people became homeless due to an illness decades ago.
The US, Brazil, India, Mexico and Peru accounted for almost half of the global C-19 deaths.
The UK, Italy, Russia, France and Columbia rounded out the top ten leaders in C-19 deaths.
These TOP TEN accounted for almost TWO-THIRDS of the global C-19 deaths.
What is their special talent? Or is it just crappy healthcare?
Densely populated Japan has less than 14,000 C-19 deaths. What do they know and do the rest of the world does not?
How is that a widespread, contagious, lethal pandemic?
Is China is lying by undercounting its 4,600 deaths?
Or are the US and Fauci lying by overcounting and conflating comorbidities?
Government + MSM = lying.
Almost 30% of C-19 deaths occurred in residence, hospice or nursing/eldercare facilities.
86.4% of C-19 CASES were among those UNDER 65.
80% of C-19 DEATHS occurred among those OVER 65+.
30% of C-19 DEATHS were among those OVER 85 with only 2% of the population.
Over the past 18 months there were 4,670,000 DEATHS from ALL causes. At 583,000 C-19 deaths were only 12.5%.
Over 70% of ALL deaths involved those OVER 65 years of age. That demographic is only 16.5% of the population.
NEWS FLASH: OLD PEOPLE DIE!!!!!!!!!!
Mother Nature and her good buddy Grim Reaper were just doing their duty, culling the herd of the too many, too old, too sick, too crammed together in badly run (BLUE) elder care facilities.
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Start by looking at billing errors!!! Those are write offs!!! Federal policy!
Wow ..What a system..😢
america
the only 1st world country
without free healthcare.
INSURANCE IS A SCAM!!!
This is another reason why we must have universal health coverage for ALL!!!
I personally am watching a dear 71 y.o lady suffer through this long haul. Terrible, serious stuff.
https://notpublicaddress.wordpress.com/2021/04/25/covid19-is-not-real/
I knew it!!! I am so scared!!!
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Let’s make the Chinese government and Fauci pay these bills. Fauci is such a liar. The Chinese people told us through a private VPN that people were dying in their streets, yet their government continued covering it up! Me, as an average citizen, knew this prior to this being a pandemic, yet Fauci you continue to play dumb!!! Why are my tax dollars paying for your coverup??
https://www.itnonline.com/article/xenon-mri-showed-alveolar-capillary-diffusion-limitation-covid-19-long-haulers Why is oxygen not getting into the blood? And not showing up on X-rays or CT scans?
Sign in El Arroyo Texas. Covid happy days.
A Big Nose in not an excuse for no Mask, I mean, I still wear underwear,
You smell great, what hand sanitizer are you wearing.
Only 6 Dwarves are left, Sneezy has been Quarantined.
I used to be a crastinator…but then I decided to go Pro.
She should get a PPO plan. A insurance plan that allows you to see a doctor anywhere and still be covered.
take the cost off the debt to china
Those specialist aren't equipped to help long haulers. Try Ozone Therapy it cures.