The Vaccinated Are Paying For The Unvaccinated As COVID Hospitalizations Cost Medicare $24,000 Each

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According to the Kaiser Family Foundation:

Our analysis of HHS and CDC data indicates there were 32,000 preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations in June, 68,000 preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations in July, and another 187,000 preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations among unvaccinated adults in the U.S. in August, for a total of 287,000 across the three months. We explain more on how we arrived at these numbers below.

If each of these preventable hospitalizations cost roughly $20,000, on average, that would mean these largely avoidable hospitalizations have already cost billions of dollars since the beginning of June.

From June through August 2021, preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations among unvaccinated adults cost over $5 Billion

https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/unvaccinated-covid-patients-cost-the-u-s-health-system-billions-of-dollars

[Sherman A1]

1. Unfortunately this is the case

I would deny treatment to the unvaccinated, but that’s just my opinion.

[Igel]

3. There are those who would deny care to those they disapprove of.

I knew people who would have gladly denied treatment to those suffering from AIDS.

There are people outraged that gender reassignment surgery is covered by tax money in many instances.

Or that lung cancer due to smoking, heart disease due to obesity should be covered.

They obviously don't think that health care is a human right. Or perhaps that "those people" aren't really and truly human. Dunno.

[jimfields33]

4. That's exactly why I do not support not paying a groups medical

Whose the next group to get refused payment? Nope we pay constantly for many medical issues that some would love to stop.

[Sherman A1]

5. You have your opinion

I have mine.

[lapfog_1]

2. A stay in the hospital with the sort of care

that a Covid patient needs is likely much more than $20,000.

I'm thinking 4 or 5 times that amount... the ICU patients are likely hitting closer to the $.5 M mark.

The wife of a close friend of mine died of cancer and ran up an ICU bill of over $1M dollars (that was the max the insurance would cover). She was in and out of the hospital only a few times for a total of maybe 2 weeks. She died at home.

and that was 15 years ago. I'm sure it is more expensive now.

[Swede]

6. There was a guy mentioned on Reddit, in ICU for 7 weeks.

And the way it was talked about, no one seemed shocked by the length of time. He died of course, so not sure who gets stuck with the tab.

[lapfog_1]

11. One way or another, we all get stuck

if covered by his medical insurance, our insurance rates will go up.

if covered by Medicare or medicaid, our taxes will pay for it.

If not covered, the hospital will simply charge other patients more who are covered by either insurance or medicare... and then see steps 1 and 2.

[The Jungle 1]

7. Raise their healthcare insurance rates to reflect the risk!

Companies are allowed to deny employment if you use tobacco. There is no reason they can't deny employment if someone refuses the vaccine. Want to sit at a bar then show your vaccine card. After all you have prove your age to sit at the bar. Want to go to a ball game show your card.

[70sEraVet]

8. I agree

Auto insurance companies have designated certain groups of people as high-risk customers, and charge them higher rates.

[roamer65]

9. The best option is palliative care quarantine facilities.

Food, water, cot and morphine for the unvaccinated.

Cheap and effective.

Declare a statewide crisis if care and this can be done, no problemo.

[Johonny]

10. My own insurance is increasing rates, decreasing coverage

I assume to save due to cost of covid. All I know is my insurance is worse than ever.

[LisaL]

12. Get vaccinated, morans!

NT