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.
By making it easier and cheaper for Californians to self-administer tests at homes, officials hope to ease the stigma some feel when seeking care.
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 health departments have focused on COVID-19. relations for the National Coalition of STD...
California has become the first state to require health insurance to cover home tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as HIV, chlamydia, and syphilis.
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 health departments have focused on covid-19.