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Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
Federal government employees who were planning on retiring might want to hold onto their paperwork.
Estimate based on projections that 66–198 million Americans may become infected, and 4.9–19.8 million may have to be hospitalized.
Pharmacies are working to block panicked Americans from squirreling away meds touted as potential treatments for coronavirus.
Insurers, for their part, say they're adapting.
70 percent of people surveyed across the G7 nations expect that COVID-19 will make their households poorer.
Not all employers have the option to have employees work remotely, but they're still doing what they can to accommodate workers.
Among consumers, 64 percent overall say they couldn't cover their deductible if they end up hospitalized for COVID-19.
Other often-overlooked dilemmas include the question of how to pay for health care—despite the amount of stress this causes participants.
Trump has defended his actions as recently as Sunday and told reporters, "What we want to do is get rid of the bad health care and put in great health care."
How much would you need to pay consumers to shop around for imaging services? What about primary care?