“Four free tests will be available for each household to request through the government’s COVIDTests.gov portal beginning on Monday, Sept. 25.”
Might be worth saying what country this is for. In Canada, they never went away.
Not to go all Ameri-centric, but American news organization (CBS) and American government site (.gov).
4 whole tests to last for months, potentially years. I wish for once the US didnt half ass literally anything positive.
For the better part of a year or two the Fed was requiring insurance companies to reimburse people for tests they bought, up to 8 a month. It was a pain in the ass, but my wife and I were testing weekly for free back in late 2021.
I also discovered you can report at home tests at https://learn.makemytestcount.org/.
Some old tests are still considered good. Check this list to see if any of your old tests are still good.
I hope they don’t give out expired tests again. The last batch of tests I received early this year were all expired.
Only time I got them, it took two weeks to arrive (making it useless to test if you think you had symptoms), and expired in a month (making it almost useless to keep on hand ‘just in case’).
For the specific use case of going on a pre-planned trip and making sure you’re healthy just before leaving? Great. But that’s now how the program was presented to the end users.
What? Ever since they were widely available and free, the idea is to keep a supply of them at the ready so you can test any time you’re feeling symptomatic.
