作为父母争抢新冠肺炎测试为了他们的孩子在病例激增的情况下，现在有了新的选项。

人们现在可以获得邮寄到他们家门口的免费在家快速检测根据政府的规定，私人健康保险公司现在需要支付某些家庭COVID测试的费用。

以下是父母了解新冠肺炎测试新方法的四件事。

1.你可以在线订购免费测试。

拜登政府周二推出了一个新网站，COVIDtests.gov，人们可以免费订购新冠肺炎测试。

该网站将带您到美国邮政服务网站，在那里您输入您的姓名和地址进行运输。不需要账单信息，因为测试是免费的。

每个家庭可以订购四种测试。

2.测试将在7-12天后发货。

这些测试可能需要长达近两周的时间才能到达，所以它们应该被认为是在家里进行的测试，以备将来使用。

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在这张未注明日期的档案照片中，一名妇女在进行测试时将液体挤压到测试条上..

当他们发货时，他们将通过一级邮件发货。

目前有新冠肺炎症状或接触过新冠肺炎的人应该访问卫生与公众服务部网站在他们附近找到一个测试点。

3.免费运送的测试是快速测试。

被送往美国各地家庭的检测是快速的在家抗原检测。

这些类型的测试寻找冠状病毒的抗原或蛋白质，并很快返回结果，通常在一小时内，有些在几分钟内。这些不同于实验室测试，即所谓的聚合酶链反应测试，后者寻找病毒遗传物质，可能需要长达三天的时间才能返回结果。

美国疾病控制和预防中心和其他卫生官员建议，如果人们有新冠肺炎症状，接触过或潜在接触过患有新冠肺炎的人，或者在室内聚集之前，可以在家中进行检测。

为了确保测试正确进行，专家建议人们确保他们有一个干净的工作空间，并仔细阅读说明。

大多数测试有一行表示阴性结果，两行表示阳性结果。

约翰·霍普金斯大学的医学教授斯图尔特·雷博士说，因为有些线条可能很模糊，或者肉眼很难看到，告诉美国广播公司新闻他建议用手机拍下结果的照片来确认。

4.你也可以通过保险免费获得新冠肺炎测试。

自1月15日起，私人健康保险公司现在被要求为参加该计划的每个人每月提供多达8次的家庭新冠肺炎测试。

覆盖范围扩展到在线、药房或商店购买的检测，根据医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心。

根据保险公司的不同，测试要么在销售点免费，要么通过报销。

如果你被要求支付你的测试费用，然后被报销，确保保留你的收据，然后通过你的保险公司的网站申请报销。

保险公司只需承保1月15日之后购买的检测包。根据医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心的说法，他们不需要报销在此日期之前购买的检测费用。

How to get free at-home COVID tests for your family

As parentsscramble to get COVID-19 testsfor their childrenamid a surge in cases, new options are now available.

People can nowget free at-home rapid tests mailed to their doorstepsby the government, and private health insurers are now required to pay for certain at-home COVID tests.

Here are four things for parents to know about the new ways to access COVID-19 tests.

1. You can order the free tests online.

The Biden administration on Tuesday launched a new website,COVIDtests.gov, where people can order COVID-19 tests for free.

The website will take you to the U.S. Postal Service website, where you enter your name and address for shipping. No billing information is required because the tests are free.

Each household is allowed to order four tests.

2. The tests will be shipped in 7-12 days.

The tests could take as long as nearly two weeks to arrive, so they should be thought of as tests to have at home for future use.

When they do ship, they'll be shipped via first-class mail.

People who are currently experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or who have been exposed to COVID-19 shouldvisit the Department of Health and Human Services websiteto find a testing site near them.

3. The tests being shipped for free are rapid tests.

The tests being sent to homes across the U.S. are rapid antigen at-home tests.

These types of tests look for antigens, or proteins, of the coronavirus and return results very quickly, typically within an hour and some within minutes. These are different from lab tests, known as PCR tests, which look for viral genetic material and can take up to three days to return results.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health officials recommend people use at-home tests if they have COVID-19 symptoms, have been exposed or potentially exposed to an individual with COVID-19 or before gathering indoors.

To make sure the test is being performed correctly, experts recommend people make sure they have a clean workspace and to carefully read the instructions.

Most tests have one line to indicate a negative result and two lines for a positive result.

Because some lines can be faint or hard to see with the naked eye, Dr. Stuart Ray, a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University,told ABC Newshe recommends taking a photo of the result with a cell phone to confirm it.

4. You can also get COVID-19 tests for free through insurance.

As of Jan. 15, private health insurers are now required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month per person enrolled in the plan.

The coverage extends to tests that are purchased online, at a pharmacy or in a store,according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Depending on the insurer, the tests will either be free at the point of sale or through reimbursement.

If you are required to pay for your test and then be reimbursed, make sure to keep your receipt and then file a claim for reimbursement via your insurer's website.

Insurers are only required to cover testing kits purchased after Jan. 15. They are not required to reimburse for tests bought before that date, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.