Need an STD test? L.A. County wants your insurance to pay
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been resisting a push from L.A. County to ask people if they have insurance that can cover costs for STD tests.
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The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been resisting a push from L.A. County to ask people if they have insurance that can cover costs for STD tests.
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.
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.