Why covid will be with us forever part 45,192:
After two weeks I still tested weakly positive yesterday. I'm now out of covid tests. I have Anthem insurance. They stopped covering at-home tests a couple years ago, as I finally found out after 45 minutes on the phone, dealing with different bots, phone trees and finally, transfers to different actual people (4!).
But, hey! I can go to urgent care and get the test done. But, oops! There's a $30 copay.
I clarified with the last phone guy that my choice was to go to the local pharmacy, pay $18 out of pocket for a single at-home test, or go to an urgent care clinic and pay $30 myself *in addition to Anthem then getting billed hundreds of dollars by the clinic*. Yep, that's their logic.
#HealthInsuranceMustDie #SinglePayer #FreeHealthCareForAll + #GuillotineForAnyPoliticianWhoDoesNotSupportIt