Fri Feb 4, 2022 – 10:02 am EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — The federal government is making available up to four rapid antigen at-home COVID-19 tests for every U.S. household at no cost.
Households can get access to the tests through the mail, at a local pharmacy, or at one of at least 20,000 free testing sites, according to COVIDtests.gov. The Biden Administration has ordered private insurers and group health plans to cover up to 32 rapid test each month for a family of four. Government insurance programs such as Medicare and Medicaid are exempt from the order.
President Biden has promised to make up to one billion of the tests available for distribution. Congress has set aside $53 billion for COVID-19 testing of which $29 billion is unspent.
Supply chain concerns
How successful the rollout will be and what impact it will have on stopping the coronavirus is not exactly clear.
“We have insurance mandates and the U.S. mail; what could go wrong?” asked Doug Badger, a senior fellow at the Galen Institute and the Heritage Foundation.
One concern is what impact the government’s stockpiling of the tests will have on the supply chain.
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