How easy will health insurers make it to get free, at-home COVID-19 tests?

WASHINGTON – Trying to get screened for the coronavirus before the holidays, Gia Ingenito stood in a long line at a free testing site in a park two blocks from the White House last week.

The free, at-home tests at her neighborhood library had been snapped up in minutes.

She patiently waited in the December chill, on the day President Joe Biden announced measures to make at-home tests more available – although not until January.

Next month, Americans will be able to request free tests from a website, and kits will be mailed to homes.

The website, and other details about how and when the tests will be distributed, have not been released.

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