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(By Victoria Knight for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n
Companies with experience in the \u201cat-home\u201d testing market began announcing in mid-March that they would be offering direct-to-consumer test kits for COVID-19.<\/p>\n
With panic running high and tests at hospitals and doctors\u2019 offices hard to come by, the appeal was obvious.<\/p>\n
The kits were touted as a way for consumers to manage this difficult situation themselves. No struggle to see the doctor. No calls to the health department. No waiting in line at a drive-thru test site. Instead, consumers could collect their own samples, by either swabbing the throat or cheek or spitting into a cup. The samples would then be mailed back to the companies\u2019 partner laboratories, which would test for the coronavirus. Prices ranged from $135 to $181.\u00a0 Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n
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