Analysis

The final costs will depend on a number of factors, including how many Americans are infected and the availability of testing.

Public health specialists say a range of tools, high-tech strategies and public health interventions could curb the spread of COVID-19.

With so many variables at play, those numbers could be lower--or higher.

People in communities of color are more more likely to lack health insurance and to be without a usual source of care.

Upwards of one-third of plans are candidates for termination, unless sponsors at least get "some breathing room on notices, contributions, and testing," ARA says.

As millions of Americans lose employer-sponsored insurance, some will enroll in an ACA or Medicaid plan, and some will simply go without.