Americans without health insurance now have fewer options to receive free COVID-19 tests after federal funding that covered the cost of coronavirus testing and treatment for uninsured Americans ended last week.
, or a private health insurance plan will now be charged $125 when using one of its QuestDirect tests. People have been able to order the test kits online or at major retail locations that give the tests, such as Walmart.
Uninsured people who go to one of Statcare’s 13 urgent care clinics in New York will now be charged $100 for a test, ABC News reported. “Any premature lapse in funding that splinters care access threatens to disintegrate the robust, equity-driven COVID-19 pandemic response that has so far saved more than a million lives,” the groupWithout funding, new policies could “create extreme confusion at the pharmacy counter,” the group wrote, and “result in the tragedy of increasing disparities in access to critically needed care and patients forgoing care.
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