由于美國(guó)政府不再繼續(xù)為無醫(yī)保者新冠檢測(cè)和治療項(xiàng)目提供資金，美國(guó)的無醫(yī)保者今后將必須自費(fèi)進(jìn)行核酸檢測(cè)并自行負(fù)擔(dān)新冠治療費(fèi)用，免費(fèi)疫苗也不再是想打就能打。

People who don’t have health insurance are now being charged $100 or more for Covid testing by some labs and may face bills for hospital treatment, and free vaccines may not be as easy for everyone to get since emergency federal aid for some pandemic programs has run out and hasn’t been renewed by Congress.

由于贊助疫情期間一些項(xiàng)目的聯(lián)邦政府緊急撥款已枯竭且國(guó)會(huì)沒有注入新資金，如今沒有醫(yī)保的美國(guó)人在接受部分實(shí)驗(yàn)室的核酸檢測(cè)時(shí)將需要繳納至少100美元（約合人民幣637元）的費(fèi)用，并可能需要自費(fèi)住院治療，打免費(fèi)疫苗也沒那么容易了。

Funding for the uninsured was dropped by Senate and House negotiators after Republicans opposed the money needed to extend the program, a senior Democratic aide in the US House told CNBC.

美國(guó)眾議院的一名資深民主黨助手告訴美國(guó)消費(fèi)者新聞與商業(yè)頻道稱，由于共和黨人反對(duì)繼續(xù)向這一項(xiàng)目投錢，參眾兩院的談判代表已經(jīng)放棄為無醫(yī)保者提供資金。

Meanwhile, the Health Resources and Services Administration, which runs the uninsured program for HHS, stopped accepting claims to test and treat uninsured Covid patients on March 22 due to insufficient funds. While the US is providing Covid shots for free, the agency stopped covering the costs to administer the vaccines for uninsured people as of April 5.

與此同時(shí)，由于資金不足，為美國(guó)衛(wèi)生與公眾服務(wù)部運(yùn)營(yíng)這一無醫(yī)保項(xiàng)目的衛(wèi)生資源和服務(wù)管理局也從3月22日起停止接收要求做核酸檢測(cè)和治療的無醫(yī)保新冠患者。美國(guó)目前仍免費(fèi)提供新冠疫苗，但是該機(jī)構(gòu)從4月5日起不再負(fù)擔(dān)無醫(yī)保者注射疫苗的費(fèi)用。

Several major testing companies are now charging the uninsured. Quest Diagnostics told CNBC uninsured people now have to pay at least $100 for a PCR test, which is the most accurate one. Labcorp told CNBC the company is charging $119 for its PCR testing for people who aren’t covered by insurance. Curative, which runs thousands of testing sites across 34 states, said it can no longer provide free Covid testing to the uninsured in areas of the country where state or local governments aren't picking up the tab.

幾家大型檢測(cè)公司現(xiàn)在也開始對(duì)無醫(yī)保者收費(fèi)。奎斯特診斷公司告訴美國(guó)消費(fèi)者新聞與商業(yè)頻道，人們現(xiàn)在至少要支付100美元才能做準(zhǔn)確度最高的核酸檢測(cè)。美國(guó)實(shí)驗(yàn)室控股公司對(duì)美國(guó)消費(fèi)者新聞與商業(yè)頻道說，該公司向做核酸檢測(cè)的無醫(yī)保者收費(fèi)119美元。在全美34個(gè)州運(yùn)營(yíng)數(shù)千個(gè)檢測(cè)點(diǎn)的美國(guó)凱迪泰醫(yī)療科技有限公司表示，在那些州政府或當(dāng)?shù)卣怀袚?dān)費(fèi)用的地方，該公司將不能再為無醫(yī)保者免費(fèi)提供核酸檢測(cè)。

Without additional federal money, people in the US will face a dramatic reduction in access to testing, particularly the uninsured, that will likely result in Covid outbreaks that were preventable, according to Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association.

美國(guó)公共衛(wèi)生協(xié)會(huì)執(zhí)行董事喬治·本杰明博士指出，沒有了額外的聯(lián)邦政府資金支持，美國(guó)民眾核酸檢測(cè)機(jī)會(huì)將會(huì)劇減，尤其是無醫(yī)保者，這將可能導(dǎo)致本可避免的疫情暴發(fā)。

Uninsured people who become hospitalized with Covid could also face bills for their treatment now that the federal government is no longer reimbursing hospitals, according to Molly Smith with the American Hospital Association. Smith said treating someone with Covid can cost anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars if the patient ends up on a mechanical ventilator.

美國(guó)醫(yī)院協(xié)會(huì)的莫莉·史密斯稱，如今聯(lián)邦政府不再報(bào)銷醫(yī)院賬單，住院治療新冠肺炎的無醫(yī)保者將必須自費(fèi)治療。史密斯說，一個(gè)人治療新冠肺炎的費(fèi)用至少需數(shù)萬美元，如果患者上了呼吸機(jī)，治療費(fèi)用將高達(dá)數(shù)十萬美元。

Some hospitals have financial assistance plans for the uninsured, Smith said. However, there is growing concern that some patients simply won’t go to the hospital when they need treatment for Covid because they’re worried about how much it will now cost.

史密斯說，一些醫(yī)院有針對(duì)無醫(yī)保者的財(cái)政援助計(jì)劃。但是，一些患者害怕治療費(fèi)用高昂，根本不會(huì)去醫(yī)院，這也越來越令人擔(dān)憂。

There were 28 million uninsured people in the US in 2020, according to the most current data available from the Census Bureau. The current number of uninsured is likely lower due to a record 14.2 million people signing up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act as of January this year, about 2 million more people than the previous record of 12.6 million set in 2016.

根據(jù)從人口普查局得到的最新數(shù)據(jù)，2020年美國(guó)共有2800萬無醫(yī)保者。目前的無醫(yī)保者數(shù)量可能比那時(shí)低，因?yàn)榻刂菇衲?月，共有1420萬人通過平價(jià)醫(yī)療法案加入了醫(yī)保，這一數(shù)字刷新了記錄，比上一次新加入醫(yī)保人數(shù)記錄（2016年的1260萬人）多了約200萬人。

The uninsured are often people of color and lower-income workers who have jobs that put them at higher risk of infection because they are work in industries such as retail, restaurant and grocery stores where they interact with the public and can’t stay at home, according to Jennifer Tolbert, an expert on the uninsured at the Kaiser Family Foundation.

凱澤家庭基金會(huì)關(guān)于無醫(yī)保者的專家詹尼弗·托爾伯特說，無醫(yī)保者往往是有色人種和低收入勞動(dòng)者，這部分勞動(dòng)者在零售、餐廳和食品雜貨店等行業(yè)工作，他們需要和公眾互動(dòng)，不能居家工作，因此感染風(fēng)險(xiǎn)也更高。

While Covid cases are low right now in the US compared to the peak of the winter omicron wave, barriers to testing will leave these communities more vulnerable again if another wave hits the US, Tolbert said. Curative said its real-time data points to another potential surge on the horizon.

托爾伯特說，盡管美國(guó)目前的新冠病例數(shù)量相比去年冬天奧密克戎感染高峰期大為減少，但是如果新一波疫情來襲，這些檢測(cè)屏障將會(huì)讓美國(guó)社區(qū)再次變得不堪一擊。凱迪泰公司表示，實(shí)時(shí)數(shù)據(jù)顯示，另一波疫情可能即將來臨。

The uninsured program, established at the start of the pandemic under the Trump administration, has paid out about $20 billion in claims since 2020, according to HRSA. Tolbert said about 60% of that money went toward testing, 31% for Covid treatments, and 9% for the administrative costs of vaccinations.

據(jù)衛(wèi)生資源和服務(wù)管理局稱，疫情之初在特朗普?qǐng)?zhí)政時(shí)期成立的無醫(yī)保項(xiàng)目自2020年以來已經(jīng)支付了約200億美元。托爾伯特表示，約60%的錢用于檢測(cè)，31%的錢用于治療新冠肺炎，9%的錢用于疫苗接種的行政開支。

"The truth is that unfortunately the uninsured are the last to be thought about and the first to get the negative outcomes when we decide to pull back,” Benjamin said.

本杰明稱：“事實(shí)上，不幸的是，當(dāng)政府決定撤資時(shí)，無醫(yī)保者總是最后被考慮到但卻是最先承受惡果的那一群人。”

英文來源：美國(guó)消費(fèi)者新聞與商業(yè)頻道網(wǎng)站

翻譯&編輯：丹妮