Health insurers have agreed to waive co-pays for the coronavirus test, Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday.
People who get tested for the COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus SARS-CoV-2, don’t have to worry about getting a surprise medical bill, Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday.
Pence said he spoke on behalf of insurers who cover some 240 million Americans, either through private insurance or through Medicare or Medicaid. By Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. had 804 cases of the coronavirus, and 28 deaths. Previously, the governors of California, New York, Vermont, Washington and Maryland had said insurance companies in their states wouldn’t be allowed to charge patients for the coronavirus test.
Surprise medical bills, which typically happen when a patient gets unexpectedly charged for out-of-network health care, affect many Americans. One in five Americans who undergo elective surgery — or surgery that they schedule in advance — incur unexpected out-of-network medical bills, a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found. The average surprise bill was $2,011.
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