Answer to Question #123737 in Microeconomics for Oumou Diallo

Question

Many health insurance programs (and states) announced that testing and exams are free for Covid-19. What do you think such a policy can achieve?

Answer 1

Many health insurance programs and states announced that testing for Covid-19 is free. This is a very good policy since it will save people from more deaths of covid-19. If people were paying for the cost of testing could result to the virus spreading like a forest fire. This is because most of the people could not afford the cost of testing simply because most businesses were shut down and people lost jobs. This policy tries as much as possible to make sure that people know their condition of of the virus to avoid transmitting it to those who do not have it.