I went for a covid test.

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  1. bricklayer

    bricklayer Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I've been sick as a dog, so my wife wanted me to get a covid test. I went to a local clinic doing the tests around here. No one in the clinic had even the slightest idea what the test cost. I couldn't pay for it on the spot. I would have to be billed later for who knows how much. Of course, I declined to enter into a completely open ended financial commitment.

    I understand that medical people don't do billing. I get that. My bricklayers don't do billing either. They don't know what their products and services cost either, but someone has to inform the customers. That's my job. Apparently, there is no such position in the medical industry.
     
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    Go to another clinic, any clinic ASAP and get tested man. You are not only potentially putting the health of your wife and loved ones in danger you are also putting your own health at risk. Call ahead or search on-line someone will know the cost. And it has to be cheaper than 2 weeks in intensive care regardless.
     
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    You have to love private insurance during pandemics. It’s up to you and every man for himself. But don’t be too concerned. The Trump White House has a strict testing protocol. So, regardless of how sick the rest of us are, Trump and Jared will be just fine.
     
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    joyce martino Well-Known Member

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    OP: those tests were being handed out like candy, I NEVER would do them and hope you got better from your
    sickness? Work on your own Immune System with Vit C and Vit D and Zinc and other powerful antioxidants.....Heal Thyself Poeople...
     

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