US Coronavirus Survivor Receives $1.1 Million Hospital Bill

Washington, United States:

A 70-year-old American man who practically died of COVID-19 has been billed a heart-stopping $1.1 million for his hospital bills, the Seattle Times reported Saturday.

Michael Flor was admitted to a hospital within the northwestern metropolis on March 4, and stayed for 62 days — at one level coming so near loss of life that nurses held up the telephone so his spouse and youngsters might say goodbye.

But he recovered and was discharged on May 5 to the cheers of nursing employees — solely to obtain a 181-page invoice totalling $1,122,501.04, he informed the newspaper. 

That contains: $9,736 per day for the intensive care room, practically $409,000 for its transformation right into a sterile room for 42 days, $82,000 for using a ventilator for 29 days, and practically $100,000 for 2 days when his prognosis was life-threatening.

Flor is roofed by Medicare, a authorities insurance coverage program for the aged, and shouldn’t must take out his pockets, in response to the Times.  

But in a rustic the place well being care is among the many most costly on the planet — and the concept of socializing it stays vastly controversial — he stated he feels “guilty” realizing that taxpayers will bear a lot of the associated fee. 

“It was a million bucks to save my life, and of course I’d say that’s money well-spent … But I also know I might be the only one saying that,” the Times quoted him as saying. 

A huge plan adopted by Congress to maintain the American financial system afloat via the coronavirus shutdowns features a $100 million price range to compensate hospitals and personal insurance coverage firms that handled COVID-19 sufferers. 

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