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> what's the indication to make the cost worthwhile? That sentence doesn’t quite parse, but in China COVID-19 is treated for free whereas for regular pneumonia
by oefrha 7y ago
> what's the indication to make the cost worthwhile?
That sentence doesn’t quite parse, but in China COVID-19 is treated for free whereas for regular pneumonia you have to pay whatever out of pocket cost after insurance coverage.
- epmaybe 7y agoI meant that in a healthy patient with good access to health care, who presumably would not suffer tremendously from COVID-19, and be treated the same regardless of whether they had that or influenza, why get testing? It's a bit more complicated than that, but that's the gist. In the US, at least, I doubt that the cost of care would change whether or not it is COVID-19 vs influenza pneumonia versus bacterial pneumonia.