World News – CA – Treatment by Donald Trump would cost an American more than $ 100,000

INTERNATIONAL – A return trip from the White House to the hospital by helicopter, three days of hospitalization, multiple tests, three simultaneous treatments… If Donald Trump had had to foot the bill for the care relating to his Covid infection, he should have spent more than 100,000 dollars, reveals the New York Times on October 7 A sum beyond the reach of most Americans, unless they are in heavy debt

The American president, infected with the coronavirus and hospitalized on Friday October 2, left the White House by helicopter to reach Walter Reed hospital He returned by the same means three days later This trip alone represents a big part of the bill: transfers are estimated at nearly $ 40,000, according to study.Even with insurance that covered these costs (and they are rare), at least half of the sum remains the responsibility of the patient. p>

Most people hospitalized with a coronavirus infection, however, do not have access to this mode of transport.However, as the daily points out, care alone is enough to drive up the bill to levels hard to imagine. p>

Spending begins even before arriving at the hospital In fact, while some states have set up free screening, the high demand means that the waiting period is often very long. Americans must pay an average of a hundred dollars per test If the test was prescribed by a doctor, insurance can intervene On the other hand, in the case where the test is requested by the employer, the costs are the responsibility of the employee And this, even if he has to be tested regularly for professional reasons

In addition, as often in the United States, prices can vary from simple to triple, or even more, depending on the states and hospitals up to: in Texas, a drive-in has charged $ 6,400 , NYT reports

Then come hospital care proper To Walter Reed, Donald Trump has received no less than three treatments, including regeneron, still experimental, and which he considered to be « the key » to his healing This Wednesday, the US president announced that he had signed the marketing authorization for a treatment in the same category, claiming that it would be “free” Donald Trump was also treated with Remdesivir, billed between 2340 and 3120 dollars

The first studies put an average of $ 60,000 for the hospitalization of a patient over the age of 60

But here again, the differences can be gigantic The price varies of course depending on the length of hospitalization and the care provided (Covid treatment, oxygenation, etc.) but it also depends on the insurance of each one: the bill can thus go from around 26,000 dollars … to almost 200,000

Without insurance, the bill could be higher: in Seattle, a man hospitalized for two months received a bill of more than a million dollars

By virtue of his status as president, Donald Trump’s health costs have been fully covered by the federal government A chance that the nearly 500,000 Americans who had to be taken care of in hospital do not have since the start of the pandemic

In the United States, 32% of the working population has medical debts, according to a survey conducted in February 2020, and which did not take into account the current pandemic Among these people in the red, 28% already had a slate $ 10,000 or more to pay because of their treatments or exams

This already dramatic situation could get even worse On November 10, the Supreme Court must indeed consider the fate of Obamacare health insurance The Trump administration has called for its outright repeal: if the highest American jurisdiction proved him right, even more Americans would find themselves facing even greater costs

Also on The HuffPost: Covid-19: Donald Trump left the hospital for the White House in a hell of a show

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