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why would s/he pay $3000 to get tested for something s/he already recovered from? https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1234140218023989253 https://twitter.co

why would s/he pay $3000 to get tested for something s/he already recovered from? https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1234140218023989253 https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1234140218023989253

lm28469 7y ago
This is plain ridiculous. It's like the US is 50 years late on social/health/worker conditions. Mandatory paid sick leave sounds like a win/win thing no matter how you look at it. > The U.S. is the ONLY wealthy nation that doesn't guarantee all workers paid sick leave, paid family leave & health coverage. This means many workers go to work sick
- 101404 7y ago
  Don't blame the US. Here in Germany, its 300 EUR out of pocket to get tested (source: tagesspiegel from a few days ago, a story about a guy in Berlin, returning from a trip to Italy and wanting to get tested before getting together with his wife and kids. Doctors didn't want to see him, and the only clinic that was willing to do the test would charge 300 EUR. Public health insurance doesn't pay. Private health insurance probably would though, but it sounded the like he had just public).
avgDev 7y ago
If this spreads in the US, dark days are ahead. Many people refuse to go to the doctor because they cannot afford it. A valuable lesson may soon be learned that when everyone has healthcare we are better as a whole. But, COMMUNISM IS BAD, YOu SoCIalIst. /s :|
jbverschoor 7y ago
Exactly. Why are you even paying taxes?
alecco 7y ago
Online people report the CDC test is free. https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/fc265u/covid19_test_free_in_us/ https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/fc265u/covid19_t... The $3000 figure seems only sourced from Business Insider, not exactly the paragon of ethical journalism.
- tiborsaas 7y ago
  Not really, according to this article: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article240476806.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article24047680...
eqdw 7y ago
Fun fact: a used PCR machine is only $2500. And if the prices on tests kits out of asia are accurate... You could literally test yourself in your own home for that price. And then you could test a thousand of your friends. If you wanted to

why would s/he pay $3000 to get tested for something s/he already recovered from? https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1234140218023989253 https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1234140218023989253

lm28469 7y ago

This is plain ridiculous. It's like the US is 50 years late on social/health/worker conditions. Mandatory paid sick leave sounds like a win/win thing no matter how you look at it. > The U.S. is the ONLY wealthy nation that doesn't guarantee all workers paid sick leave, paid family leave & health coverage. This means many workers go to work sick

101404 7y ago
Don't blame the US. Here in Germany, its 300 EUR out of pocket to get tested (source: tagesspiegel from a few days ago, a story about a guy in Berlin, returning from a trip to Italy and wanting to get tested before getting together with his wife and kids. Doctors didn't want to see him, and the only clinic that was willing to do the test would charge 300 EUR. Public health insurance doesn't pay. Private health insurance probably would though, but it sounded the like he had just public).

avgDev 7y ago

If this spreads in the US, dark days are ahead. Many people refuse to go to the doctor because they cannot afford it. A valuable lesson may soon be learned that when everyone has healthcare we are better as a whole. But, COMMUNISM IS BAD, YOu SoCIalIst. /s :|

jbverschoor 7y ago

Exactly. Why are you even paying taxes?

alecco 7y ago

Online people report the CDC test is free. https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/fc265u/covid19_test_free_in_us/ https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/fc265u/covid19_t... The $3000 figure seems only sourced from Business Insider, not exactly the paragon of ethical journalism.

tiborsaas 7y ago
Not really, according to this article: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article240476806.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article24047680...

eqdw 7y ago

Fun fact: a used PCR machine is only $2500. And if the prices on tests kits out of asia are accurate... You could literally test yourself in your own home for that price. And then you could test a thousand of your friends. If you wanted to