Pardon me for asking, but...

Thank you @Humana for your dedication to public health and safety as we work to stop #COVID19. https://t.co/65GJ0PXuzd

— Administrator Seema Verma (@SeemaCMS) March 10, 2020

Considering nobody can get the fucking test,

a)  what does this offer cost Humana, really?

b)  treatment involves hospital care, not quick refills of prescriptions;

c) treatment also involves proper diagnosis, but apparently we still can't count on that.

d) a "reassuring voice on the phone" is a nice, if pointless, touch;

e)  what fucking good is it to talk about the costs and who pays for it and who doesn't when there's STILL NO FUCKING TEST?!?!???

And while we're on the subject of pointless offers:  a payroll tax holiday?  Really?  When people won't be working anyway because business are closed or hourly workers are home sick?

"We need paid family leave to alleviate the devastating consequences of lost wages," Yarmuth tweeted Thursday. "American families need to know that their government has their backs and will help keep them safe. That includes protecting them from financial ruin if they need to stay home sick or quarantine."

Why, that'd involve boorey-crats 'n' sociamalism 'n' Big Gummint!

"Instead of working within existing law and within existing systems to deliver targeted relief as efficiently and effectively as possible, the speaker’s proposal would stand up a needless thicket of new bureaucracy," McConnell said.

The Senate must act now to flatten the curve before it's too late. Americans need free COVID-19 testing, emergency medical leave, and food assistance. This isn't the time to hold things up for political reasons. This is the time to act. Now. https://t.co/FivZgCZ23b

— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) March 12, 2020

But businesses seem to be shutting down just fine on their own, right Mitch?

South Korea and Germany are doing this with drive-in testing, which is safer for the patient and the medical personnel.  And we still can't get people tested, so we're going to cut income to Social Security and Medicare!  Brilliant!

I'd say this was a circus, but a clown show is better organized than this.