The local Health Risk Administrators (ARS) announce that they will cover the diagnostic tests for new Covid-19 Coronavirus. These need to be prescribed by a pneumologist, epidemiologist, infectologist or internist as indicated by the Ministry of Public Health.
The main ARSs have already informed their members that they will also cover the cost of medical care for patients infected by the virus.
They have also indicated that they will cover emergencies and hospital admissions resulting from the spread of Covid-19.
President Danilo Medina had announced the test would be covered by most insurance plans in his first address to the nation on the Covid-19 virus on Tuesday, 17 March 2020. In his second address on the issue, on Wednesday, 25 March, President Medina said the ARS would cover tests for those who had a doctor’s prescription and were 59 years or older, or had a debilitating health condition making the person at risk, such as diabetes, respiratory diseases, cancer, and kidney failure, among others. The test would also be covered for those presenting two or more symptoms of the lethal virus.
On 26 March, health insurance companies Universal and Humano announced they would be offering coverage to those having the physician prescription, two symptoms or persons who have been in contact with people tested positive for the disease.
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El Dia
27 March 2020