Friday, August 28, 2020

The challenges of COVID-19 testing while uninsured in Houston

Houston Public Media
Frank De Oro was tested for COVID-19 twice this summer. He doesn't have insurance, so when he showed up to Signature Care, a freestanding emergency room, for the first time in mid-June, the test cost him $175. He paid the out-of-pocket cost because he needed his results fast. "I only went to go get tested because I was going to go visit my family in Brownsville, Texas," said De Oro. After getting swabbed, De Oro waited in his car for 45 minutes to get his results back.

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