Walmart, Kroger Raise Prices of Covid-19 Test Kits

Prices are going up for some of the cheapest and most popular at-home Covid-19 test kits in the U.S. From a report: Walmart and Kroger are raising their prices for BinaxNOW at-home rapid tests, after the expiration of a deal with the White House to sell the test kits at cost for $14. The two U.S. retail giants and Amazon.com Inc. agreed with the Biden administration last summer to discount the tests, which are made by Abbott Laboratories and generally cost $24 or more for a box with two tests. BinaxNOW, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is among the most commonly used over-the-counter, rapid antigen tests, which have been in high demand as the highly contagious Omicron variant spreads across the U.S. The deal with the White House expired in December, and Walmart said this week that it is raising the kits' price to $19.98 a box. Kroger now sells them for $23.99. The BinaxNOW tests aren't currently available on Amazon.

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