Collected Item: “Health Insurance Providers mailing reusable masks for medical appointments”
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Health Insurance Providers mailing reusable masks to wear in hospitals and medical offices
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text story, photograph
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On August 7, 2020 I received a message from a relative that their health insurance company had mailed them a small envelope with a cloth mask. At the time in Oklahoma, masks were still fairly difficult to find in stores and reusable masks were still available mostly online at considerable costs. The elderly relative said that her and her husband were told to use these if they went to a doctor's appointment or to a hospital. The pamphlet also advised them on the best way to wash and dry the mask for further use. This is something that seems like a small cost to the company, but could benefit everyone if it helped prevent people from getting sick, especially from COVID-19.
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#ASU, #HSE, #RuralVoices, #Healthcare, #Over60, #healthcareprovider, #healthinsurance, #mail, #reusable, #mask, #hospital, #pandemic, #COVID-19
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Clinton P. Roberts
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2020-08-07