Time is running out for free-to-consumer COVID-19 vaccines, at-home test kits and some treatments.
The White House announced this month that the national public health emergency, first declared in ear.
The U.S. government will no longer provide free COVID-19 vaccines, tests and certain treatments when the national public health emergency ends May 11, 2023. Consumers will have to pay the costs in full if their health insurance plans do not provide coverage. Medicaid and Medicare will cover them without cost sharing.
Insurers, employers, taxpayers and other consumers will all be affected as drugmakers move these products to the commercial market in May. How much you'll pay depends on your health insurance.