[whoknew1122]

I had a secondary exposure and my rapid test was $400. Thankfully I have really good insurance and didn't pay anything.

My alma mater has an endowment of multiple tens of billions of dollars and was forcing students to pay for COVID tests after having on-campus lectures.

[anonuser123456]

>Thankfully I have really good insurance and didn't pay anything.

For the lolz.

You are paying for it, you just don't get an itemized bill. It comes at the cost of extremely high 'insurance'. And if you think you're employer just absorbs that cost, realize that the extra cost would be in your pocket as wages if it weren't going towards healthcare.

[whoknew1122]

Yes, if you want to get pedantic, I pay $300 a month (pretax) for very good insurance that covers both me and my wife. Given that we both got tested, that $300 seems a bit cheaper than $800.

> And if you think you're employer just absorbs that cost, realize that the extra cost would be in your pocket as wages if it weren't going towards healthcare.

lolz. This is quite the assumption. Wages have been holding steady despite massive corporate tax breaks. Why? Because corporations pocket the saved money without passing the savings onto employees. If I didn't get health insurance, it's quite unlikely that the savings would be passed onto me in the form of wages.

And even if I was given the wages:

1.) Wages are taxable. My healthcare is pre-tax.

2.) There's absolutely no way I could get the healthcare I currently enjoy for $300 a month on the open market. The risk pool for my company (Amazon) is so large that it effectively subsidizes my insurance.