After Anna Davis Abel traveled to a conference in early March, she develop a sore throat and low grade fever. She lives with lupus and her doctor worried she had COVID-19. New KHN/@NPR #BilloftheMonth
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📝: @ByCHRodriguez khn.org/MTA5MDI5OA
Before she could be tested for COVID19, her doctor first ordered tests to evluate whether Davis Abel's symptoms were caused by some other respiratory disease. The reason?According to the doctor’s notes, she was not elibible for a COVID-19 test.
Davis Abel tested positive for influenza Type B.
Then the bill came. She recieved an out-of-pocket bill for the testing and visit. Read the rest of her story in this month's edition of KHN/@NPR #BilloftheMonth npr.org/sections/healt…
Then the bill came. She recieved an out-of-pocket bill for the testing and visit. Read the rest of her story in this month's edition of KHN/@NPR #BilloftheMonth npr.org/sections/healt…
Nearly 10 days after her appointment, Davis Abel received a drive-thru COVID-19 test because data suggested that patients could fall ill with the coronavirus and the flu at the same time. She did not pay for the test. Here's a video from her experience.
https://twitter.com/AnnaDavisAbel/status/1250551006439628800?s=20
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