Americans who survived serious bouts of Covid-19 are finding themselves saddled with crippling medical bills to cover their treatment
A version of this story appeared in the May 31 edition of CNN's Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. Sign up here to receive the need-to-know headlines every weekday. A battle with Covid-19 left Irena Schulz with pain in her ears and hearing loss. It also saddled the retired Parkinson's and Alzheimer's researcher with nearly $10,000 of credit card debt from medical bills.
As the pandemic begins to recede in the United States, its financial toll on Americans such as Schulz is beginning to emerge. While federal law has ensured that Covid-19 tests and vaccines are free, that protection does not extend to Covid-19 treatment, meaning that people with private insurance who got sick and had to be treated for the virus, may still face large bills, Keri Enriquez reports. Democratic Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota wants to fix that.
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