Your costs for Covid tests and treatments may rise after the public health emergency ends

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Your costs for Covid tests and treatments may rise after the public health emergency ends
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After the federal public health emergency expires at the end of the day Thursday, people with employer-based private health insurance could start paying for at-home Covid tests as well as rapid or lab tests at a doctor's office or clinic.

that the government could decide to ship more tests in the future depending on supply.

Federally purchased doses of Paxlovid — the go-to treatment for people at risk of severe disease — could also remain free as long as supply lasts,Tests will get more expensiveInsurers will no longer pay for up to eight free at-home tests per month. Rapid or laboratory tests ordered or administered by a clinician will be fully covered but subject to an individual's plan, so people may be responsible for paying deductibles or copays.

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