Major Health Insurers Agree to Waive Copays for COVID-19 Testing

President Trump has secured agreement from health insurance companies to waive copays for COVID-19 testing.

Vice President Pence announced,

I’m pleased to report that as you requested, Mr. President, that all the insurance companies here, either today, or before today, have agreed to waive all copays on coronavirus testing, and extend coverage for coronavirus treatment in all of their benefit plans.

The companies agreeing to this insure 240 million Americans.  They are UnitedHealth Group, Anthem, Cigna, Humana, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Vice President Pence also assured people, “We want the American people to know that they are covered through private insurance, they are covered through Medicare and Medicaid, and there will be no surprise billing.”

While this isn’t huge, people do like concrete, quantifiable actions to be taken during a crisis.  The administration needs to continue to take actions to quell the public fear and panic.

At times like these, people want information.  Pence instructed Americans to visit coronavirus.gov to stay up to date on the latest information about the virus.

Most importantly, people, remember to…