Telehealth Will be Free, No Copays, They Said. But Angry Patients Are Getting Billed.

Health Leaders: Karen Taylor had been coughing for weeks when she decided to see a doctor in early April. COVID-19 cases had just exceeded 5,000 in Texas, where she lives.

Cigna, her health insurer, said it would waive out-of-pocket costs for "telehealth" patients seeking coronavirus screening through video conferences. So Taylor, a sales manager, talked with her physician on an internet video call.

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