U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, right, listen during an event on his administration's Covid-19 response in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Biden in his first full day in office plans to issue a sweeping set of executive orders to tackle the raging Covid-19 pandemic that will rapidly reverse or refashion many of his predecessor's most heavily criticized policies. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg President Joe Biden speaks as Vice President Kamala Harris and Dr. Anthony Fauci listen during a COVID-19 response event in the White House. (Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg)

President Joseph Biden is setting up a team to find out what the federal government can do to help people use their commercial health coverage to pay for COVID-19 testing and care.

General provisions relating to commercial health coverage for COVID-19 testing and care, and efforts to help uninsured and underinsured people pay for COVID-19 testing and care, are part of a new, 200-page plan the Biden administration posted on the web today.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.

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