I'm not a lawyer, but it looks like the CDC pays (or at least has rules allowing them to pay) for some stuff that insurance doesn't cover. But you may still hav

I'm not a lawyer, but it looks like the CDC pays (or at least has rules allowing them to pay) for some stuff that insurance doesn't cover. But you may still have to pay deductibles. This page has a lot of good info: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2017-00615 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2017-00615 Particularly the "Payment for Care and Treatment" discussion here, which talks about public comments and even gets into the ethics of what you can make someone pay for compulsory treatment or isolation: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/19/2017-00615/control-of-communicable-diseases#h-70 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/19/2017-00... And the rules in 70.13 and 71.30 here and here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/19/2017-00615/control-of-communicable-diseases#sectno-reference-%E2%80%8970.13 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/19/2017-00... https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/19/2017-00615/control-of-communicable-diseases#sectno-reference-%E2%80%8971.30 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/19/2017-00... Excerpt from the rules in 70.13 (which I think covers domestic stuff): > Director may authorize payment ... Payment shall be secondary ... after all third-party payers have made payment in satisfaction of their obligations ... For quarantinable communicable diseases, payment shall be limited to costs for services and items reasonable and necessary for the care and treatment of the individual or group for the time period beginning when the Director refers the individual or group to the hospital or medical facility and ends when, as determined by the Director, the period of apprehension, quarantine, isolation, or conditional release expires.