With STIs off the charts, California pushes at-home tests
By making testing easier and cheaper for Californians, the provision could bring better disease monitoring to rural and underserved parts of the state.
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By making testing easier and cheaper for Californians, the provision could bring better disease monitoring to rural and underserved parts of the state.
Rachel Bluth/Kaiser Health News SACRAMENTO — California has become the first state to require health insurance plans to cover at-home tests for sexually transmitted infections such as HIV, chlamydia and syphilis – which could help quell the STI epidemic that has raged nearly unchecked as public heal
California has become the first state to require health insurance plans to cover at-home...
An STI epidemic has raged nearly unchecked as public health departments have focused on COVID-19.
California has become the first state to require health insurance plans to cover at-home tests for sexually transmitted infections such as HIV, chlamydia and syphilis.