Corona virus (Page 4)

The ER will triage each patient regardless of ability to pay. 

Those with life threatening conditions will get treated. Of these, some have insurance that pays, some have insurance with high deductibles and will have to pay thousands before insurance pays anything, some will have charges cancelled because they cannot pay. For those with life threatening conditions, insurance doesn’t get them higher priority access to treatment but it may affect the treatment they get. 

For those without life threatening conditions, most will be sent away regardless of Insurance or ability to pay. (This is based on your premise that they’re overwhelmed.)

Here's a pretty good article regarding the first case here.  Clearly, dad doesn't care.  LOL

https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/coronavirus/villa-duchesne-cancels-school-monday-health-officials-tracking-history-and/article_94fe6bf6-f679-5b88-870c-18c5f79d019b.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

Yeah, now schools are closing here......and nobody is sick.  LOL

My twins live on campus at Missouri University.....they want him to come to a dance there. 

Without question, the coverage of this virus is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen in my lifetime.

Now why did you go sayin' that???

Now they're going to have to try to top it and the rest of us will suffer too...

That article is absolute garbage.  Read it enough and you'll believe that millions will be destitute if the virus spreads much more.  That's crap, the same way the coverage of the virus is crap.  Seriously.....look how many people are facing bankruptcy and over the top financial problems from insurance problems.......oh .....wait......they're not.   Let's pretend nobody has ever been sick or injured before and this is the disease we've all dreaded that will kill the country.  Geez......enough already.

I might add that I don't give a rats arse what Al Jazeera has to say about ANYTHING.  Hey, let's interview a disgruntled teacher, lobbying (and even striking) to get better insurance benefits, as an expert on what will happen.  Dumbest. Crap. Ever.  Food for the masses of idiots.....nothing more.

Look man, I'm just  happy I don't live in your country and have to deal with that mess.  I just had to have a hernia surgery.  Called the doc, got an appt. in 4 days.  Saw the doc.  Got set up for surgery in 7 days.  Had surgery.  Back to work in 2 weeks.  Less than 25 days from start to finish.  Are you suggesting your country does it better than that?  LMAO

Honestly, I don't know if we'll get that far.......right now we're all dealing with the fact that we'll be dead in 14 days.  You know what I do for a living.  Our building is 4 miles from the only known case here.  It's pretty much been a mess.....I could not begin to explain the stupidity of the media covering this as they have.  There have been times in the last 4 hours when I hoped it kills everybody.  LMAO

I read through the article.  Here are a couple things that stand out to me.

Mr. McCormick works 3 jobs and has kids in daycare.  He and his wife have to decide if him taking time off work to visit the doctor at the risk of losing pay makes sense.  A rational parent will minimize the impact of lost time at work, either by having the parent who doesn't lose wages take the time off, or by having the parent making less take time off for this.  If he's taking time off, that implies his wife makes more than the $45-50K a teacher with 15 years would make in West Virginia (I looked up the salary schedule and assume at 37, he's got 15 years of experience).  He's working adjunct positions, so he easily exceeds $50K with the implication he's the lower wage earner, so the two together are making over $100K.  In Princeton, WV, that goes a long way if you're a good steward of your money.  

He's worried about the $20 or $50 co-pay his plan charges?  My family deductible is $3000 before I get to worry about a co-pay.  

"Junk Insurance..."  I pay over $500/month for my employer-subsidized insurance (with a $3000 deductible).  This means I spend $6000/year even if I never use any healthcare services.  Assuming my portion is 25%, the total cost of this insurance is $24,000+.  THAT is junk!  In addition to my insurance premium, I'm contributing to my HSA to cover healthcare expenses should they arise (and yes, they are arising).  A few years back, it would have been ~$900/month for my Obamacare policy (individual coverage with a $7000 deductible).  That's junk!  I could work out the math, but I'd have to expect $30K plus in annual medical expenses based on premiums alone.  

The anecdote of the Florida businessman...First...go to the Emergency Room when you have an EMERGENCY!.  With "flu like symptoms' he should have scheduled an appointment with his physician.  Sadly, he was responding to the media hype rather than making a rational decision and it's costing him $1400.  He could have gone to his doctor and received the negative result for...$150...

At the same time, what would he expect if his test result was positive?  The hospital would keep him quarantined, tying up a $3000/day bed for a week or two instead of being sent home by his doctor to self-quarantine.  Again...mild symptoms, so why does he need to hole up in an expensive hospital room?  For "mild symptoms" I wouldn't even go to the doctor if I expected a viral infection.  

Nice....an actual rational discussion instead of some left wing rag media spin pretending that some whining parent's experience, coupled with that parent's own agenda,  is the experience of the majority of Americans.  Oh wait......you DID suggest that the parent could be more responsible......that ain't gonna fly. 

Actual Tweet exchange:

Chelsea Clinton - "President Trump has left the US dangerously unprepared to face a public health crisis like a #coronavirus outbreak.  @devisridhar and I explain how via @CNN.

Lara Printzen - "So far more people in the US have died trying to testify against your mother than has died from Corona Virus"