Insurers, Employers Urge Price Caps on ‘Free’ Home Covid Tests

The Biden administration’s plan to make rapid at-home Covid-19 tests effectively free for millions of Americans could skyrocket the cost of those tests, insurers and employers are warning the government.

Federal health officials are expected to release guidance this month outlining how private health plans must reimburse their beneficiaries for the cost of at-home Covid tests. The policy is key to the administration’s effort to tamp down the spread of the virus, now occurring at historic levels.

Health insurers and employer groups are asking the Department of Health and Human Services to place limits on what private health plans must ...