Recovering COVID Patients Face Massive Medical Bills After Hospitalization

Mission Viejo CA

25 February, 2021

4:44 PM

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By Kristine Lazar, CBS Los Angeles February 24, 2021 HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBSLA) – Jeff Sherman of Huntington Beach spent 11 days in the hospital fighting COVID-19. "I was on oxygen the entire time, they of course charged for that," said Sherman. "I was on high flow oxygen 2/3 of that time, and they charge an extra rate for that, so the total bill was $110,000." The six-page long itemized bill ranges from $3,400 a day for his ICU bed to nearly $4,500 for a dose of Remdesivir. Read more at CBS Los Angeles