Covid hospital bills arrive for patients as insurers restore deductibles and copays - The Washington Post - 0 views
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Nationally, covid hospitalizations under insurance contracts on average cost $29,000, or $156,000 for a patient with oxygen levels so low that they require a ventilator and ICU treatment,
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The calculus in place in 2020 changed with the advent of vaccines, which now makes most hospitalizations preventable,
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Hospitals along the Connecticut River, the border between Vermont and New Hampshire, draw patients from both states. Vermont health plans are waiving deductibles and co-pays into 2022. In New Hampshire, where Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has a dominant presence, insurance companies have reinstated cost-sharing.
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