Because there are lots of stupid people around them that make life miserable for everybody, not only themselves ! Note: I wrote this comment after reading just the title...
Not in the USA. I am Turkish. I did not have to pay anything. And the report they gave us after discharge included 3 full pages of (one may say truckload) the drugs they used on me.
I am in Mid 40s with high BMI. I got Covid while waiting for my vaccination appointment. I did not have fever, cough, ache or anything but my brain was effected in strange ways. It was like flashbacks all the time, as if I perceived the now as a series of flashbacks. 6 days after testing positive, I was taken to a hospital by an ambulance, intubation and all. Have you seen the movie Source Code (2011). I felt like that guy in the ICU. Maybe also because of all the drugs they gave me, I had lots of hallucinations, I thought I was being experimented on. I was somewhat paranoid schizophrenic (this is my idea not a diagnosis) for a brief time. Then after 2 weeks I got better but could not walk. 1 month later I was discharged, my wife & mom helped me with my physical therapy at home. On the 15th day, I was able to stand up. Then, I got better and better. Now 8 months later, I fell OK...