And as cases skyrocket in the U.S. and Europe, it's becoming more clear that how healthy you were before the pandemic began plays a key role in how you fare regardless of how old you are.

Insurers claim that new laws passed in response to COVID-19 could allow labs to name high prices for tests, while labs say that insurers could negotiate to drive payments below cost.

Dr. Ming Lin, a ER doctor at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, Washington for the past 17 years, said he's been fired after posting on social media that the hospital was slow to screen visitors and negligent in not testing staff.

Appalachian Regional Healthcare, a 13-hospital system in Lexington, Ky., will furlough 500 employees—about 8% of its workforce.