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Going for a COVID test cost woman $1,200 Published: April 15, 2021 6:27 PM EDT Updated: April 15, 2021 6:38 PM EDT Recommended In March 2020, before the world completely changed, Sandy Germain and her husband Joe were at Daytona Bike Week. When they started coming down with cold and flu symptoms, the COVID-19 virus had started to spread in Florida. They returned home to Naples, and at the advice of their physician, went to the closest hospital to get a COVID test. “At any other point in history, we would not have gone to the hospital with cold symptoms,” said Sandy Germain, a retired teac...

Insurance companies cover preventative care as an incentive for you to stay on top of your health; however, there is fine print for these so-called free exams and procedures with health care providers. A viewer from Fort Myers contacted WINK News’ Cost of Care after getting an unexpected $240 bill at what was supposed to be her well care visit, covered by Medicare. “I said, ‘It was my first well care with Medicare, and I thought it was all taken care of?'” said Linda Baltes. “And (Lee Health) went on to say, ‘Due to some conversations I had with somebody, parts of that were not co...

COVID-19 has affected nearly every aspect of our lives over the last year. Now, it’s about to leave a lot of people with unexpected medical bills. But knowledge is key to avoid the sticker shock of a massive bill. At the start of the pandemic, many insurance companies were waiving all out-of-pocket costs related to […]

Patricia Mason says she has great insurance, but she just fell through the cracks Author: Mike Duffy Updated: 8:59 PM PST February 18, 2021 VACAVILLE, Calif. — Patricia Mason was one of the early patients with COVID-19 admitted to the hospital in March 2020. Like many others, she’s not sure exactly how she caught the virus but within a week, her husband rushed her to the emergency room. “They couldn’t help me,” recalled Mason. “My pneumonia was so bad they couldn’t help me. So they ended up taking me by ambulance to Fairfield. Over the next few da...

Susan Leslie was elated to get the COVID vaccine weeks before she expected. She got her first dose in mid-January through a major hospital system in Central Texas. But that excitement turned to disappointment when she was asked to pay a $51 charge for the shot administration. “I really got angry, and I think that’s […]