Cigna and Humana Waive Some COVID-19 Treatment Costs

Medical officials aid a resident from St. Joseph's nursing home to board a bus, after a number of residents tested positive for the CCP virus in Woodbridge, New Jersey, on March 25, 2020. Stefan Jeremiah/Reuters

Health insurers Cigna and Humana announced in separate releases Monday they are waiving customer cost-sharing and co-payments for COVID-19 treatments.

President Donald Trump remarked on the development at a Sunday briefing at the White House, saying “That’s a lot of money they are waiving.”