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Health bills may hurt coronavirus fight in US
High costs could deter potential patients from being tested and seeking medical help: Experts
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Charissa Yong US Correspondent In Washington, Charissa Yong
After returning to Miami from a work trip to China in January, Mr Osmel Martinez Azcue developed flu-like symptoms and went to a hospital to get tested for the coronavirus - exactly what health officials in the United States had been advising the public to do.
Wary of how much the bill would be, Mr Azcue, who works for a medical device company, asked for a flu test instead of the CT (computed tomography) scan to screen for the virus.
