An earlier AHIP report estimated that the direct costs of COVID-19 treatment for 2020 and 2021 would be between $56 and $556 billion depending upon rate of infection.
Revised reporting commissioned by America's Health Insurance Plans projects lowered costs estimates for hospitalizations associated with COVID-19, even as the per patient costs for those admissions rise.
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Greg Land
Greg Land covers topics including verdicts and settlements and insurance-related litigation for the Daily Report in Atlanta.
