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Old 04-18-2020, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by blueash View Post
Gee, why would the Federal government not pay for the hospitalization of those who have insurance... Why because those patients have insurance policies that pay for that care, duh. The Feds stepped in so hospitals would not face bankruptcy with the phenomenally high cost of intensive care for prolonged periods required of many of those hospitalized with COVID.

[I suppose we could provide universal health care or have some kind of law that said everyone needs to get insurance... ]
Hey, I'm with ya' here! I was just responding to a question from chet2020, arising from Koapaka's post that claimed that "Government pays the costs for those patients...", implying that the Federal Government was paying the costs for ALL C-19 patients.