Going for a COVID test cost woman $1,200
Published: April 15, 2021 6:27 PM EDT
Updated: April 15, 2021 6:38 PM EDT
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In March 2020, before the world completely changed, Sandy Germain and her husband Joe were at Daytona Bike Week. When they started coming down with cold and flu symptoms, the COVID-19 virus had started to spread in Florida.
They returned home to Naples, and at the advice of their physician, went to the closest hospital to get a COVID test.
“At any other point in history, we would not have gone to the hospital with cold symptoms,” said Sandy Germain, a retired teacher.
When they arrived at Physician’s Regional Medical Center’s south Collier County location, they weren’t actually given a COVID test. The Germains explained that they were swabbed for the flu virus and sent inside for chest X-rays. They claim a physician told them there weren’t enough testing supplies for people with less severe symptoms such as theirs.