That could be some hit.
In the UK our beloved children's writer Michael Rosen, was in ICU for 47 days can you imagine how much that would cost without our NHS?
Then there was a report last week of a Covid survivor in Seattle who ran up quite a big bill:
"SEATTLE -- Dubbed the "miracle child" after two months in the hospital, 70-year-old Michael Flor survived COVID-19 only to receive a bill listing out more than $1 million in charges for his time in the hospital.
The 181-page bill included $9,700 in charges for each day Flor spent in intensive care as well as an $80,000 charge for the 29 days Flor spent on a ventilator. And his care isn't over yet: Flor remains on dialysis as he continues to recover from COVID-19.
Medicare will likely cover most of Flor's charges, and the federal government did pass legislation earlier this year providing funds for coronavirus care. If a hospital receives those funds, patients should be protected from surprise medical bills."
(ABC News)
Still ready to "take the hit" - bearing in mind they'd be unlikely to repatriate a C19 case until the patient had recovered?