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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCost of isolation and treatment for Ebola. Who pays?
I wonder how the medical community is assessing charges for the isolation and possible treatment for those who have or are being quarantined for Ebola symptoms or actual treatment.
Do these poor people leave the hospital with huge medical bills? Who is paying for all this special treatment? The hospital? The government? Insurance companies?(if the patient has insurance.)
Somewhere, somehow, this is being paid for. I hope it is not out of 'every-man's pocket.
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Cost of isolation and treatment for Ebola. Who pays? (Original Post)
Paper Roses
Oct 2014
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yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)1. Host country?
Obviously we are going too. Don't we always?
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)2. Government should pay.
If you want to lock people up, you pay for it.
It's our government, we pay.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)3. It is a Public Health issue.
TM99
(8,352 posts)4. It is a public health issue, so we all pay.
Who is paying for the isolation and extra work caused by the actions of the nurse in Cleveland and the doctor in NYC?