I find this kind of fact checking quite specious. The person wasn’t given a COVID-19 test (presumably because the testing has been a disaster), but visited the ER, was tested for 22 other respiratory pathogens, found negative, and discharged.

Wouldn’t this be true for anyone who went to the ER under similar circumstances? They would have to clear the same tests, pay the same ER fee, etc before being given the COVID-19 test.

These preliminary cost hurdles to testing aren’t going to be removed simply because the test itself is now required to be covered by health insurance and Medicare/Medicaid. And what about the uninsured?