A major health insurance trade group is pledging its member plans will cover doctor-ordered testing for the coronavirus amid rising confusion and concern about who will bear the cost of care in an outbreak
The cost picture is expected to become more complicated as more private labs and academic medical centers launch their own testing. Thursday alone, commercial labs Quest Diagnostics, LabCorp and BioReference Laboratories announced they'd launch testing for the virus.Cigna separately announced its customers will have access to coronavirus testing "as prescribed by health practitioners" and that it intends to waive co-pays and other forms of cost sharing.
New York, Nevada and Washington state have already ordered health plans to waive co-pays and deductibles for coronavirus testing.
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