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https://www.cms.gov/how-to-get-yo...t-for-freeYou can order free tests here: covidtests.gov (but don't expect to receive them super-fast as they set up the system, and they're going to be overwhelmed initially).
If you purchase an over-the-counter COVID-19 test from a pharmacy, store, or online retailer and are charged for your test, keep your receipt and submit a claim to your insurance company for reimbursement. If your plan has not set up a network of preferred stores, pharmacies, and online retailers at which you can obtain a test with no out-of-pocket expense, you will be reimbursed the amount of the cost of the test. For example, if you buy a two-pack of tests for $34, the plan or insurer would reimburse $34.
If your plan has set up a network of preferred stores, pharmacies, and online retailers at which you can obtain a test with no out-of-pocket expense, you can still obtain tests from other retailers if you buy them outside of that network. Your plan is required to reimburse you at a rate of up to $12 per individual test (or the cost of the test, if less than $12). Save your receipt(s) to submit to your plan for reimbursement at a rate of at least $12 per individual test (or the cost of the test, if less than $12).
https://www.cms.gov/how-to-get-yo...t-for-freeWhat if I'm on Medicaid?
For people covered by original fee-for-service Medicare, Medicare pays for COVID-19 diagnostic tests performed by a laboratory, such as PCR and antigen tests, with no beneficiary cost sharing when the test is ordered by a physician, non-physician practitioner, pharmacist, or other authorized health care professional. People with Medicare can access one lab performed test without cost sharing per patient per year without an order. At this time original Medicare cannot pay for at-home tests through this program. Medicare Advantage plans may offer coverage and payment for at-home over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, so consumers covered by Medicare Advantage should check with their plan.
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Not a great price, but I'm posting this because it's readily available and with the changes effective today, you now have the ability to submit test expenses to your health insurance for reimbursement.
https://www.walgreens.c
In stock at Walmart for $19.88
https://www.walmart.com/ip/BinaxN.../142089281
The only option to bypass paying for a kit is to wait until Wednesday when the government opens up their site, but expect slowdowns or crashes as I expect everyone is going to be trying to sign up in the early hours.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/BinaxN.../142089281
Not in my area. Walmart availability is definitely YMMV.
I don't know. Maybe you live with others that are immunocompromised, sick, elderly, too young for vaccines... Maybe you want to make sure you're not carrying it because you don't want to expose loved ones to it? It's not only about you.
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To work, fly, go into certain events, schools.....
Walgreens also had them but was limiting to four 2-packs per person.
The only option to bypass paying for a kit is to wait until Wednesday when the government opens up their site, but expect slowdowns or crashes as I expect everyone is going to be trying to sign up in the early hours.
Edit: They are required to reimburse full price if they don't have a preferred pharmacy/store set up
Interesting…my insurance is stating a 2-pack will get $24 reimbursement.
Travel requirements. If you are not going anywhere, no need to test.
Everything I've read, including a document from Health and Human Services, says each test counts as 1. So a 2 pack counts as 2 tests.
This makes sense otherwise people could buy and get reimbursed for 8 5-packs per month instead of only 8 tests, as Health and Human Services intends. The $12 reimbursement limit only applies to insurance companies that provide a "preferred" pharmacy network where tests are free so all other insurance companies would be on the hook for 8 5-packs per month or whatever the largest pack people can find is.