People are being contacted by debt collection agencies to pay for Covid-19 tests that they believed were fully subsidised by the government, with one family asked to pay $360 for three tests.
Jason Barnes and his two children had PCR tests at a drive-through site run by 4Cyte Pathology in Brisbane on 27 April 2022. Barnes said there was no mention of any cost by staff, and he does not recall seeing any sign indicating charges.
