The end of the US Covid public health emergency also means that the government will soon no longer offer free tests to households by mail.
The popular show will be available until the end of May, according to A press release This week from the Biden administration defining the transmission of covid measures. since Launching the electronic portal In January 2022, the program has distributed more than 750 million rapid antigen tests to more than two-thirds of American households.
The public health emergency officially ends Thursday. According to the statement, the government has stockpiled more than 600 million tests to meet the demand if there is a future surge in Covid cases.
Families are eligible for four additional tests if the last request for a specified residential address was before December 15, 2022. The Department of Health and Human Services urged former program participants to: check If existing Covid test expiry dates are extended before disposal.
Ending the health emergency also affects Medicare beneficiaries, who won’t be able to get free tests unless their health care provider orders them. Medicaid, meanwhile, will continue to cover at-home and PCR tests through September 2024. Private insurance providers will decide their own policies, though the Department of Health and Human Services has encouraged insurers and employer health plan sponsors to continue to cover tests without having to. Beneficiaries to pay out-of-pocket costs.
Free tests aren’t the only thing that will disappear as the US ends emergency measures. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will Stop counting Infection, transmission and case numbers at the community level Covid Data Tracker Because laboratories will not be required to provide numbers.
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