Nursing homes reveal a $25 billion conundrum: No one wants to pay for the millions of coronavirus tests required to reopen the country.
Members of the Massachusetts National Guard are sprayed down before removing their hazmat suits after leaving Alliance Health at Marina Bay in Quincy, Mass. They were deployed to Quincy to assist nursing homes with COVID-19 testing.This story is available exclusively on Business Insider Prime.Nursing homes are particularly vulnerable to deadly coronavirus outbreaks because residents tend to be elderly, have existing health conditions, and can't stay six feet away from others.
The challenges of paying for testing in nursing homes reveal how hard it'll be to reopen the US. Many are looking for more answers from the Trump administration. There's a $25 billion question looming over efforts to reopen the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. , according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, underscoring the need to take more action to protect residents.Take the experience in New York state, an early epicenter of the US outbreak.
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