According to a study by the British Trade Union Confederation, 20% to 30% of "long new crown" (also known as new crown sequelae) patients lost their jobs due to the disease, and 45% needed to reduce their working hours.
How to protect life for patients who face heavy medical bills and lose income?
Studies have shown that many new crown patients will develop a long new crown phenomenon, and its treatment and protection are common problems faced by the world.
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Many COVID-19 patients have symptoms involving different organs of the body and psychological levels at the same time, and the cost of care can be quite high (eg, regular CT scans, ultrasounds), and the duration varies from months to years.
Traditionally, coverage provided by government-paid social security, company health insurance, or private insurance has loopholes in COVID-19 patients.
Many governments are funding research and expanding care and protection for these patients.
For people in non-public medical care countries, corporate or personal medical insurance that can share financial pressure may not be able to play a role.
In the U.S., insurance companies often deny claims for not being "medically necessary."
What's more tricky is that many common symptoms of the new crown (such as brain fog) cannot be reflected through traditional medical tests. The patient's blood test, electrocardiogram and other test results may be normal, but they cannot live and work normally.
Like the new crown, patients with chronic fatigue syndrome have been facing this dilemma for a long time. The etiology and pathology are unknown, and there is no objective medical examination method. Doctors can only judge by symptoms. Patients often hit a wall in the process of applying for claims.
Therefore, countries that rely on public health care or private insurance systems must actively review their deployment of long-term COVID-19 support care and medical costs.
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The White House issued a memo last month saying it will accelerate research on the coronavirus and will publish a report on services and support for people with the disease.
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