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    Free COVID-19 testing: Private labs are damned if they do and damned if they don’t

    Dual pricing for these crucial tests is an offshoot of our healthcare system. While making tests free for all is the right step in a public health crisis, who will foot the bill is the question.

    Ravi Ananthanarayanan
    April 13, 2020 / 09:15 IST
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