Why would you expect medical bankruptcies for something without any existing treatment? There is nothing to pay for.
The bigger problem is people who keep going to work when they're sick instead of staying home.
The bigger problem is people who keep going to work when they're sick instead of staying home.
Contrary to popular rhetoric, only a small percentage of people in the US don't have health insurance. If so many people get infected that the intersection of people with such severe cases that they need ECMO and people without health insurance is any significant number of people, they're not going to have enough hospital rooms and equipment anyway. Which is hopefully not going to happen regardless.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.miamiherald.com/news/health...
And treatment for at least some cases involves hospital stays similar to pneumonia.
As of February 23, 11 travelers were referred to a hospital and tested for infection; one tested positive and was isolated and managed medically.
I daresay the quality may not be the same. Really the US govt should do free testing.