Will COVID Tests Still be Free in 2023?

In 2023, will there still be a way to get COVID-19 at-home tests for free? The answer is yes, at least at first. But the full answer is more complicated than that. The White House has not said if it will send out another round of free tests in 2023, but it’s not too late to order the test kits announced in December 2022. If your household hasn’t claimed an order yet, you can still get two boxes of two tests each. As of Jan. 1, 2023, insurers are required to cover the cost of eight tests per month per person, at a cost of up to $12 per test – that is still in effect. There’s a catch: The reimbursement requirement is only mandatory “during the public health emergency,” per the fine print. So if the federal public health emergency order expires, things could change. Read more from The Hill here.