Starting this month, Americans will be able to order free COVID-19 test kits that will be mailed to their homes.
U.S. households will be able to order as many as four nasal swab tests at COVIDTests.gov when the federal program reopens. The U.S. Health and Human Services agency overseeing the program has not yet given an exact date when ordering can begin.
An agency spokesperson has said the tests will detect current virus strains and can be ordered ahead of the holiday season, when families and friends gather for celebrations.
It basically is. If you have insurance, it almost certainly covers it (an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure, after all). If you don’t have insurance or it doesn’t cover it, there are multiple state and federal programs to cover it.
https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-care-uninsured-individuals/index.html
Up to $210 if uninsured.
Last time I went I wasn’t even asked my insurance. Safeway just covered it.
Thanks, I’ll have to make arrangements. It’s a bit of a ride but paying one is certainly less expensive than out of pocket cost.