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Coronavirus: Stop The Spread with Medicare for All!
Medicare for All is essential to helping to contain the spread of Coronavirus, let alone the other reasons we all deserve health insurance. We need Congress to pass Medicare for All. And in the short term, they should make testing and treatment for anyone affected by the coronavirus free.
Why is this important?
The Federal Government is telling anyone who exhibits flulike symptoms to get tested for coronavirus. But for the millions of people in this country without health insurance, that test could break the bank, with people reporting over $1,000 fees for emergency visits. And that doesn't even touch the economic cost of treatment if someone without insurance tests positive or needs to be hospitalized.
In a public health crisis, people not getting the care they need doesn't just hurt them; it hurts all of us, making virus carriers more likely to go undiagnosed, spreading Coronavirus to others.
In a public health crisis, people not getting the care they need doesn't just hurt them; it hurts all of us, making virus carriers more likely to go undiagnosed, spreading Coronavirus to others.