The Biden administration says Americans should be able to order COVID tests online later this month. Those who are eligible can get eight free over-the-counter at-home tests a month.
by the White House, individuals covered by a health insurance plan who purchase an over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic test that has been authorized, cleared or approved by the Food and Drug Administration will be able to have those test costs covered by their insurance beginning this Saturday.
"We are requiring insurers and group health plans to make tests free for millions of Americans. This is all part of our overall strategy to ramp-up access to easy-to-use, at-home tests at no cost," Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra stated in aDuring Monday's White House news briefing, press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that the administration will start to have free coronavirus tests"out the door in the coming weeks.
The Biden administration says it is"incentivizing" insurers and group health plans to set up programs that will allow Americans to get the over-the-counter tests directly through preferred pharmacies, retailers or other entities with no out-of-pocket costs. Currently, state Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program programs must cover FDA-authorized at-home COVID-19 tests without cost-sharing.
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