Dems Bash HHS COVID-19 Testing Plan, Say It Shifts Burden To States

By Chelsea Cirruzzo / May 26, 2020 at 6:23 PM
The Trump administration unveiled a national strategic COVID-19 testing plan , as required by CARES Act, on Sunday (May 24), which Democrats were quick to criticize as putting too much responsibility on states to expand testing. The CARES Act required HHS to submit a report to Congress on its strategic testing plan that includes information for states as well as estimates of testing production. The 81-page plan sent to Congress Sunday (May 24) puts much of the testing responsibility on...


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