But, until recently, getting COVID-19 didntfinanciallycost insured people in the United States much.
Nicolas Ziebarth, PhD, economist and associate professor in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University.
The U.S. government mandated that private insurers make COVID-19 testing free of charge, provided it was medically necessary.
This development comes as the United States continues tosee a rise in COVID-19 Delta variant cases.
There was an element of goodwill.
Maybe even concerns about being perceived to be doing the wrong thing, he says.
José Pagán, PhD, chair and professor of the Department of Public Health Policy and Management at NYU School of Global Public Health.
Now, you have more of a choice, Dr. Pagan says.
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But the costs are likely high.
Were talking about thousands of dollars.
So Dr. Ziebarth suggests that unvaccinated people do the math.
So at least youre informed and know how much money is on the table, he says.
However, programs like this tend to have a lot of red tape, Ziebarth explains.
COVID-19 vaccines protect against serious illnessthat would land you with massive hospital bills, with or without insurance.
If you want to avoid all the troubleget vaccinated, Dr. Pagan says.
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