Healthcare Costs and Unvaccinated Patients

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Several articles from Forbes and others have reported the costs of healthcare of unvaccinated individuals is burdened almost entirely by private entities and the public in the billions.  A waiver (when your hospitalized most of the bill is covered) used by most insurers for hospitalizations is now being declined by some or will stop at the end of the year if unvaccinated. The urgent and long term costs such as ecmo (80k per week I believe it’s higher), post lung transplant, loss of wages if the family breadwinner will and have presented a financial and moral dilemma for Americans. The insurance companies and health care facilities will most likely never deny care but certainly this has come to light as we go into the third year of the pandemic. I am interested in others opinions about how society should or should not bear the brunt of free choice. Thank you.

[MunoRN, RN]

6 hours ago, matlee123 said:

Moronic antivaxers…or are they people who weighed the information and felt mRNA technology was too risky and risks outweighed benefits for themselves? Maybe they’ve personally known several people who had severe life altering adverse reactions that nobody in the medical field can solve yet and government won’t pay for?

I’m home recovering from Covid. You know who gave it to me? A vaccinated colleague. Does anyone know how long the cells of the vaccinated will continue manufacturing spike proteins? Do these contribute to that never ending pandemic? Have any studies been done that give us answers? Maybe it’s the vaccinated that are now driving this train. 

The suggestion that Covid vaccines cause the vaccinated person to produce virulent Covid is dangerous misinformation, you might keep in mind that a number of states Boards' of Nursing have said that will take action against the licenses of nurses who spread disinformation.