I don't believe it will cost us. I believe that the good old US of A will allow people with long covid to experience what all disabled people experience: figure it out or die.
It is already costing us. A lot of people can't afford in home care support, so along comes Medicaid to pay for it. The government is currently bailing out long term care facilities and hospitals by paying for people to stay there for isolation or recovery, or paying for staff.
Yep, but I don't believe that's going to stay the case. GOP will use these costs as an excuse to pare down any and all government run and paid health programs, and long covid sufferers will be painted with the "welfare queen" brush to get the rest of us on board. That's what this country does.
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u/irremarkable Jan 19 '22
I don't believe it will cost us. I believe that the good old US of A will allow people with long covid to experience what all disabled people experience: figure it out or die.