Stuart (2020) reported the United States initial over-reliance on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration was to block private testing. Bloomberg details how the feds failed to take advantage of the private sector. Singer (2020) reported what Jeffrey A. Singer, general surgeon described the chaos and disorganization that characterized the Corona Virus testing in United States due to bureaucracy. He explained that rigid federal regulatory regime fails to make use of the innovation, flexibility and speed of the private sector is largely to blame. Court (2020) reported that Washington missed an early opportunity to leverage the resources of the private sector. Instead, health authorities were left with a diagnostic tool developed by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention that ran into weeks of problems, hobbling efforts to track and control the virus at a time when it might have been contained. Burton (2020) reported Dr. Stephen Hahn of the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner announced the flexible regulatory approach to allow more private companies to conduct more test without prior approval. Coombs (2020) reported the confusion that followed the government announcing that private labs to start testing for coronavirus, prompting concerns about cost and insurance co-pays. Pollitz (2020) reported the surprise medical bills that might occur if patients seek testing in an emergency room, even at in-network emergency facility if physicians who work there might not be in-network, and out-of-network commercial lab despite the Congress passing the families first coronavirus Response Act which made testing available via public health departments and private laboratories. Diamond (2020) reported President Trump Rose Garden announcement on march 13 when he acknowledged that the initiative to increase testing was disappointing at the start, but he wants to preview a network of drive-thru tests in places like Walmart parking lots “The goal is for individuals to be able to drive up and be swabbed.” Wamsley (2020) reported that the U.S government has been sharply criticized for its slow response to the virus, particularly when it comes to testing. Hence, the Trump administration announced a series of measures intended to speed testing by appointing a new federal coordinator to oversee testing and funding. Stebbins and Comen (2020) reported that the coronavirus pandemic has caught the govt unprepared and led to the government to enlist the private sector for help. Ortega et al. (2020) reported weeks long coronavirus testing delay that could have been avoided had the federal agencies fully enacted their own plan to ramp up testing during a national health crisis. Like, The CDC in February releasing a flawed test which took weeks to rectify, failed to use the big commercial labs, and private labs were prevented from conducting their own tests. Pasternack (2020) also attested to the strategic missteps and the botched rollout of the coronavirus testing. In February, U.S faces an array of problems, including a troublesome rollout of supplies and complex patchwork of rules about how these supplies can be used. |