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Trump and Congress tried to make coronavirus testing and treatment free, but people are still getting big bills when they go to the hospital

with the coronavirus could land between $13.9 billion and $41.8 billion.

He didn't receive a coronavirus test and, after examining the X-ray, the doctor told him he likely had inflammation in the lungs and advised he take Advil. But, the nurse told Hill, she wouldn't be admitted to the hospital because her oxygen levels were healthy. And because she wasn't being admitted, the hospital wouldn't be performing a coronavirus test.

When patients see doctors, they sometimes order other tests to rule out similar conditions. That means patients can still get charged for those tests even if they only went to a provider in the first place because they feared they had the coronavirus.

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