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I'm curious how the mechanics of this work. Can someone just put in orders for every single address in the US, even those that they don't live at? Also, I assum

• chithanh 5y ago
  In my limited understanding so far: You cannot order to any address, only to residential addresses that USPS ships to (as indicated by their Residential Delivery Indicator). Specifically, you cannot order to commercial addresses and PO boxes. Resale is not prevented but (intentionally or not) limited by the distribution of only 4 tests per home, regardless of how many people live there. This means that poor folks where typically many people share a household get fewer tests per person to begin with, while more affluent folks (who are less likely to resell the tests) get more per person.
• xeromal 5y ago
  Just like with a lot of government programs, the cost to manage preventing fraud is usually more expensive than to just let the fraud take place.
  • sethetter 5y ago
    Not to mention it prevents people trying to legitimately access these services from doing so by putting extra barriers in place, defeating the purpose of the assistance program in the first place. It's a tricky balance to strike!