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Unvaccinated Illinois residents to pay own COVID-19 hospital bill, state lawmaker proposes

A new proposed bill from an Illinois state leader would require residents, who refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine, to pay for their own bills if they’re hospitalized with the virus.

Democratic State Rep. Jonathan Carroll’s bill states “a person who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and chooses not to be vaccinated shall pay for health care expenses out-of-pocket if the person becomes hospitalized because of COVID-19 symptoms.”

The proposed bill would apply to “a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023.”

“I think it’s time that we say ‘You choose not to get vaccinated, then you’re also going to assume the risk that if you do catch COVID, and you get sick, the responsibility is on you,’” Carroll told the Chicago Sun-Times

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One Comment

  1. Paul S Smith Paul S Smith December 7, 2021

    Ah yes, the government again interfering in the doctor-patient relationship and in personal medical decisions….so typical of communist, third-world illinois.

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