Program providing free home Covid tests to US households is ending
by Ed Pilkington in New York from on (#631ES)
A dispute over who should fund the free kits will leave test sites or insurance reimbursement as the available options
The US government is suspending its program of free home tests for Covid-19 this week amid disagreements over who should pay for the initiative.
The free home tests, which have provided up to 16 tests for each household, are scheduled to come to a halt on Friday. In the future, people requiring tests for work or travel, or wanting to confirm whether they have the illness, will need to claim the costs of a home test on health insurance or seek results through federally backed testing sites.
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