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Re:$1,944 for a coronavirus test? Readers helped us spot an ... by ed25519FUUU on Thursday February 04, 2021 @06:01PM (#26030795)
I'm not sure why I'm being downvoted. In the United States Covid 19 testing is free with or without insurance. Nobody needs to pay anything for a covid 19 test in the USA, regardless of their residency or insurance status.

> The Families First Coronavirus Response Act ensures that COVID-19 testing is free to anyone in the U.S., including the uninsured.

https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/community-based-testing-site...

The issue here is these testing sites were performing more than a covid 19 test and then billing for those tests without a person's consent.

> Dr. Murphy wasn’t just billing for coronavirus tests, as his patients thought. He was billing for 20 other respiratory pathogens, too.

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Re:$1,944 for a coronavirus test? Readers helped us spot an ... by peytn on Friday February 05, 2021 @11:21AM (#26037949)
As somebody who pays taxes, pays insurance premiums, and owns dollars, I contend that unnecessary medical services are not free.
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