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Covid testing rant

I'm in line at a free covid testing site. It is a CVS minuteclinic. I have to use the normal drivethrough, and self administer the nasal swab.

What the hell is that bullshit? My wife went to a 'real' test site where a professional swabbed and she described it as a pap smear on the back of her eye.

So I'm going to a CVS so they can print a barcode, give me, an unqualified layperson a long qtip and a test tube to do my own test and drop in a collection box. Which they will likely ship to an actual lab.

And for all of this 'work', they get to bill my insurance for hundreds or more, which will likely mean rate hikes later.

Our healthcare system is a sham, and this is just further proof. Given I have to do it myself anyway, the government should just mail me a kit which I then drop off.

It would not shock me in the slightest if they actually just drop the tests in a dumpster and just send a 'negative' a few days later.

Edit: 40 min later, through line and swabbed. Yes, they just have Quest diagnostics empty the dropbox. 0 reason CVS should be involved.

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      You personally don't get billed for this one, even without insurance. Yay? But for some reason insurance information is still required, and must be provided if you have it.

      You personally don't get billed for this one, even without insurance. Yay?

      But for some reason insurance information is still required, and must be provided if you have it.

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          Yea, but that's a bit of a sunk cost anyhow. Gotta do something to reduce those $4 a pill maintainence medication costs.

          Yea, but that's a bit of a sunk cost anyhow. Gotta do something to reduce those $4 a pill maintainence medication costs.

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