The case of Ashoka Mukpo — a freelance photojournalist who contracted Ebola will working for NBC News in Liberia — has raised questions about how some types of health insurance policies will cover Ebola-related bills.
NBC News has promised to pay any Ebola-related bills not covered by the insurance.
Supporters who started a fundraising page for Mukpo at GoFundMe.com say they believe that the photojournalist bought traveler’s insurance before he left for Liberia, but that they believe the policy contains an exclusion for “catastrophic events or outbreaks.”
More information about the policy was not immediately available from Mukpo and the organizers of the GoFundMe.com page.