Unvaccinated? Your health care costs might be going up soon
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/unvaccinated-your-health-care-costs-might-be-going-up-soon-11634767131
Unvaccinated people who contract COVID-19 could also see higher out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 treatment and hospitalizations, because many health insurance companies that used to completely cover those expenses no longer do.
As companies wait for details on a federal rule that employers with at least 100 workers must require vaccinations or regular testing, there’s a question of whether workers will be held responsible for any of the financial toll — either directly for the testing itself or indirect, future costs.
The increased health care costs at issue should provide another nudge towards inoculation, according to professor Kosali Simon, who teaches on health economics and public policy at Indiana University. “It’s building on the fact that there are costs to others,” Simon said.
Namely, to employers and insurance companies — two players with the means and motivation to make changes. “I see a lot of employers investigating the legality of putting surcharges in place,” said attorney Natalie Nathanson, a principal at the workplace law firm Jackson Lewis, where she advises company management on their benefit plans.
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