It's gonna happen.

In the next few weeks, just before a big holiday gathering, someone's gonna feel sick.

Is it COVID, a winter cold?

In theory, there would be an easy way to find out.

But if you've tried to find it at home rapid test, it may have been a challenge.

Yeah, at least in most of the United States.

Many Americans are having difficulty, increasingly difficult, very difficult to find right now.

Hard to find.

Finding over-the-counter rapid tests for at-home youth.

Now, Colorado, Iowa and Massachusetts are among the states with free rapid testing programs,

and counties scattered across the U.S. have them too.

But for most Americans, that is not the current reality.

This month, President Biden said there would be some new solutions.

The bottom line, this winter, you'll be able to test for free, and to come for near-home,

and have some peace of mind.

Biden said the government would make free rapid tests, a key pillar of his administration's

winter COVID strategy, in part by requiring health insurance providers to pay for them,

and by investing in more free testing sites.

But public health experts say it's not enough.

If you want people to use rapid testing frequently and to incorporate that into their regular

routines, it really needs to be free and needs to be easy.

Dr. Selene Gounder at New York University has advised the Biden administration on its

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