Want a coronavirus test? If you have money and know the right doctor, not a problem
As people across the country were unable to get tested for COVID-19, a Santa Monica pediatrician emailed the parents of his patients with a pricey but tempting offer.
But some private physicians and “concierge” doctors are offering tests to their patients at a price. It’s hard to know how widespread the practice is, but it has sparked outrage as celebrities and professional athletes without symptoms have gotten tested while others of lesser means wait.“There’s no way in hell it should be so,” Gordon said. “This represents a massive failure of the federal government, of the healthcare system.
“I think that it’s pretty horrible,” said Dr. Stanley Perlman, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Iowa who studies coronaviruses and their treatments. “You don’t want people who have more money to be able to get tested for something that everybody is worried about. It makes it seem like people who are rich are getting a break. I can’t think of anything good about this.”
Because of a “massive shortage” of testing kits, however, Nazarian decided to place an order for the rapid-test kits he said have been used in China and South Korea that produce results in a matter of minutes instead of days. “The last thing hospitals need right now are people who are healthy going in saying they need medical care,” Pekosz said.
He said he doubted the reliability of some of the tests that are being offered to private patients and said doctors should not charge extra for them. Federal legislationGordon, the Santa Monica pediatrician, said he is charging clients only $50 more per test than it costs him from the lab.
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