Free home COVID test kit program is ending

[Bill Ashton]

Get'em while you can! Keep DeFault's truck and mailbags full!

You Can Still Get Free At-Home COVID Tests: How It Works

The Postal Service has stopped shipping free COVID tests, but you have other options.

www.cnet.com

I just tried to re-apply, and got a note that I had already gotten my allotment of three shipments, which is
fine, glad someone was paying attention 'cause I wasn't

 

[gjmalcyon]

I used my allotment too - burned through them during my recent 11-day positive testing marathon, waiting for a negative test to join my family "downa shore".

Tests (up to 8 per month) are free or reimbursable through your medical insurance:

How to get your At-Home Over-The-Counter COVID-19 Test for Free | CMS

How do I get a free at-home over-the-counter COVID-19 test? Starting January 15, most people with a health plan can go online, or to a pharmacy or store to purchase an at-home over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic test authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at no cost, either...

www.cms.gov

 

[fronobulax]

Tests (up to 8 per month) are free or reimbursable through your medical insurance:

But the point of the referenced article was that free tests ordered via COVIDTests.gov will no longer be available after September 2. Other sources have said that insurance companies will soon stop reimbursing for at home tests.

 

[dreadnut]

We ordered ours.

I came down with the chest & head cold from Hell this past weekend, fortunately it's not Covid. Still sucks though, I haven't had a cold in a couple of years.