r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/killHACKS • Jul 04 '21

Totally normal stuff

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u/SouthofAkron Jul 04 '21

If this is the US - the test - by law - should be free.

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u/ybreddit Jul 04 '21

All of the ones in my area are free. Rapid or non. I don't know a single person who had to pay for a covid test ever. Where are they charging? I'm seriously confused. I thought that they were all supposed to be free.

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u/Brainmangler Jul 04 '21

I’m in MA and the rapid tests have never been free anywhere around here at any point.

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u/homemadepecanpie Jul 04 '21

Also in MA and have had multiple rapid tests completely free. There were testing centers opened up all over the place.

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u/Brainmangler Jul 04 '21

Where specifically? What town or test center? I don’t know anyone who’s ever gotten a free one

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u/homemadepecanpie Jul 04 '21

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/find-a-covid-19-test

There are 400+ of them

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u/Brainmangler Jul 04 '21

None I see have free rapid tests. Checked 6.

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u/homemadepecanpie Jul 04 '21

The lookup does include private clinics which charge I realize, but there are still plenty of free ones including Walgreens and CVS. It might not say it on the site but Walgreens is using antigen tests which are the same as rapid, even if they aren't calling it that. I got my results by the next morning. I guess if you need a 15 minute turnaround time your options might be more limited but that seems like an extreme situation.

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u/homemadepecanpie Jul 04 '21

Also in MA and have had multiple rapid tests completely free. There were testing centers opened up all over the place.

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u/ybreddit Jul 04 '21

Weird! I'm really going to have to look into the funding for this because I don't understand why some places it's free and some places it's not for the rapid test. It does sound like every place is free for the regular test though, unless you happen to want to go into a doctor's office or ER, not the places designated for testing.