WAAY 31 Coronavirus Concerns Q&A: How does not having insurance impact my chance for treatment?

WAAY 31 Coronavirus Concerns Q&A: How does not having insurance impact my chance for treatment?

Have to be tested for both.

>> dan shaffer: okay.

Lisa shared her concerns with us.

She said, my worry is that i have no insurance and no primary care doctor.

Even though washington says there's not going to be any charges at hospitals, that's a long way from here.

What happens to me if i contract it?

>> mayor finley: i know one of the things that i thought was so innovative that huntsville hospital was do is they have a mobile unit that they work with the church up in north huntsville and a lot of people up there who were concerned, might have had symptoms, didn't have a primary care physician.

They sent that up there, i think it was today, may have been yesterday, up to that area.

And with the doctor who could look at the symptoms, who would immediately verify, yes, we need to test you.

The goal and one of the questions that we previously had is how are we going to isolate this.

I don't know if we can but we can do everything that we can to take the proper steps to minimize the contact.

So i thought it was really innovative to go up there.

The insurance part of it, i don't know.

But i do know if they didn't have a primary care doctor, that was one of the innovative ways to get them tested and minimize the impact.

>> dan shaffer: so