You can now be billed for COVID-19 treatments. Here’s what insurance companies are doing

WASHINGTON, USA — Patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19 might get stuck with the bill despite an order from the Washington Insurance Commissioner.

According to a report by Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker most private insurers are no longer waiving cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatment. While early in the pandemic the vast majority of health care providers waived out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 patients because of the availability of safe and highly effective vaccines private insurers are phasing out cost-sharing waivers.

www.krem.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/billing-covid-19-patients-insurance/293-51236ca5-eb5f-4a0a-82d9-ae7167aae137

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