State Rep. Jonathan Carroll, who proposed the bill, said those who turn down the COVID vaccine should take responsibility for the potential consequences.
Illinois residents who are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine and refuse to take it would have to pay for their treatment if they contract the virus under a proposed new bill.
"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,'" State Representative Jonathan Carroll told theLegislation filed at the Illinois House of Representatives on Monday proposed that"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...
Such a bill would apply to any health insurance policies"amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023."Republican Leader Dan McConchie, who likened it to"taking health care away from Illinoisans." Some 2,760 inpatient beds across the state are currently occupied by COVID-19 patients, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services .
That represents more than 9 percent of all 30,456 hospital beds in Illinois, 19,560 of which are occupied by people receiving treatment for non-COVID-19-related conditions. That leaves less than 18 percent of hospital beds free.staffed intensive care unit beds are currently occupied by COVID-19 patientsAround 58 percent of Illinois residents are fully vaccinated, while 65 percent have had at least one dose, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health .
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