right now. that s two weeks from now. couldn t the omicron surge be behind us at that point? sounds like that solution is a month or six weeks too late. yes, if you look at the pattern of omicron in other countries it is a boom and bust phenomenon. a rapid peak and rapid decline. many of the policies announced will be far too late to address the problem. saying that insurance companies need to reimburse you is going to create this massive paperwork for everyday americans who will have to fill out claims forms with the test with the uncertainty of not knowing whether the test is cover. dealing with a mild common cold illness from omicron and pain of filling out insurance claims paperwork some people might choose the omicron infection. that s pretty good. some people might. as we all know filling out any kind of paperwork for insurance is something you probably have to take two weeks off work to do. thank you for joining us.
tested it would be free was the great news. the shocking news is that to get test results within an hour they would charge me $250 in cash non-reimbersible by insurance. are other people outside of the united states forced to bear that kind of financial burden. they re not. we re one of the few countries where we have a very limited testing supply and yet we have public health officials out there telling everyone to run and get tested sometimes multiple times. you can t have it both ways. there is this lack of acknowledgement that we are rationing a scarce resource. when you have in the united states right now is price gouging. it is very difficult. we have to more away from universal testing. to selective testing in situations where you change your behavior around somebody vulnerable. 250 dollars, it beggars belief and in most other developed nations in the world people are getting rapid tests