The Biden administration will begin requiring private health providers to pay for at-home rapid tests for COVID-19 this weekend, officials said Monday.
Under the new rules, providers will have to cover eight tests per person per month, the Health and Human Services Administration said in a release.
Eligible tests need to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and they will not be subject to deductibles or other cost-sharing requirements, the department said. The administration will “incentivize” the companies to allow people to get the tests with no out-of-pocket costs through “preferred” pharmacies and retailers, according to the release.
In a statement, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said the move was “part of our overall strategy to ramp-up access to easy-to-use, at-home tests at no cost.” Monday’s announcement comes nearly one week after retailers that had been selling Abbott’s popular at home-testIn a separate effort,
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