BREAKING: I am announcing a new directive requiring NY health insurers to waive cost sharing associated with testing for #coronavirus, including emergency room, urgent care and office visits.
We can't let cost be a barrier to access to COVID-19 testing for any New Yorker.
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New Yorkers receiving Medicaid coverage will not have to pay a co-pay for any testing related to #coronavirus.
Currently all COVID-19 tests being conducted at the State's Wadsworth Lab are fully covered.
What does this mean for people who have no insurance? These people will fear a whopping bill and hold out until they are most infectious.
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It’s not every day I agree with you, but here we are. We need free testing for ALL Americans though, or we will never contain it. The uninsured also get Coronavirus.
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Great response, problem is ny isn’t testing anyone so who does this actually impact
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But what happens if a person gets tested? Are they quarantined until results come in? And where?
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Thank You Governor Cuomo for your leadership on public health costs for the COVID 19.
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