Testing Push News Today

>> reporter: the white house promising eight test kits for every american for free. roughly 180 million americans have private insurance, sending 8 kits to each person would add up to 1.4 billion kits every month. blue cross blue shield tells nbc news this is not an easy task in such a tight time line were also concerned that this will overburden retailers who are experiencing supply issues and workforce shortages. then there is the cost. >> there is no such thing as a free lunch. sort of like d...

Theyre asking for a lot of logistical help, technical help, out at the local grocery stores, trying to spread the word about the need to get vaccinated in a place, hallie, where vaccinations here in clark county are only at about 38% fully vaccinated. we spoke exclusively with the white house testing coordinator carol johnson, who also talked about how these two strategies are going to work in tandem. you have the s.w.a.t. teams who will help with this new testing push as well, if the states wan...