Judge: Government Cannot Be Forced To Enforce COVID Test Reimbursement Statutes

( February 20, 2026, 8:35 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a lawsuit brought by a COVID-19 diagnostic test provider seeking to force the federal government to enforce provisions of COVID-era legislation providing for reimbursement for COVID-19 testing by health insurers, a California federal judge granted the government’s motion to dismiss after finding that whether and how to enforce the statutes was within the discretion of the government....