Here's how to request free at-home COVID tests

Americans can once again order four free at-home COVID-19 tests online. It's part of the Biden administration's strategy to make tests more accessible as Omicron subvariants cause a rising numbers of cases across the U.S.

The rapid at-home tests can be ordered on the website COVIDtests.gov, where you just need to enter your name and address. Tests will be limited to four per household, no matter the size of the household.

People who can't access the website or who need assistance can call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489) to get help in English, Spanish or more than 150 other languages, from 8 a.m. to midnight ET 7 days a week.

Tests should ship beginning the week of December 19, the White House says.

The U.S. Postal Service will be responsible for delivering all the tests via first-class mail.

The COVIDtests.gov website also includes information on free testing sites in communities around the country.

Americans with private health insurance are able to file for reimbursement for rapid tests purchased at a store or online retailer. Up to eight tests per month for each person covered by a policy will qualify. The Biden administration is encouraging health insurance companies to allow people to obtain the tests directly through retailers with no out-of-pocket cost.

How will I be reimbursed for rapid COVID tests? And other FAQs

The move revives a program that the Biden administration had paused in early September, citing a long-stalled request in Congress for funding the federal pandemic response.

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