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COVID-19 Billing: What Are The Costs For Care?

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A patient opens up some of her medical bills
Melissa Wilhelm Szymanski opens up some of her medical bills at home in Glastonbury, Conn., on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. Wilhelm Szymanski got sick earlier this year and wound up with a $3,200 bill because she wasn’t diagnosed initially with COVID-19. Even though dozens of insurers and the federal government are offering to pick up all treatment costs during the pandemic, many holes remain for big bills to surprise patients. “I was surprised that I got a bill because it just so clearly seemed to be COVID,” said Szymanski. Jessica Hill/AP Photo

Medical billing was complicated before the pandemic, but now there are new fees and costs to decipher related to COVID-19 testing and treatment. An investigative health care reporter explains pandemic-related medical bills and changes to insurance and health care costs.

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  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Steven Potter Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Sarah Kliff Guest

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