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AFP reported on the 13th (local time) that a 70-year-old man who received inpatient treatment for two months with Corona 19 in the United States received a "bomb charge" of more than $1.1 million (about 1.323 billion won).
According to the report citing the local media, the Seattle Times, the man named Michael Flora was hospitalized on Corona 19 on March 4 and was treated for 62 days.
Once bad enough to have a nurse call his family to say goodbye, he managed to recover and was discharged on the 5th of last month, two months later.
However, at the house where the medical staff celebrated, a receipt for a medical bill with a huge number of $112,501 was waiting.
If you look at the invoice on page 181, the fee for using the intensive care room was calculated at $9,736 per day (1.171 million won), and the cost of making this treatment room aseptic was $409,000 (4,202.2 million won) Medical expenses including $82,000 spent for 29 days (90,864,000 won) were included.
Fortunately, he was the subject of'Medicare', the government's medical insurance system for the elderly, so he did not have to pay for it at his own expense.
But he said he felt guilty about the taxpayer's burden on his hospital expenses.
He said, "I'm sorry that I was going to spend $1 million to save my life, and I would say that the money was used well, but maybe I'm the only one who says that."
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