What? No, health insurance doesn't cover pre employment drug screening which is not in the least medically necessary. It certainly doesn't cover pre employment

What? No, health insurance doesn't cover pre employment drug screening which is not in the least medically necessary. It certainly doesn't cover pre employment background checks(!) which are not medical at all. These are paid for by the employer who ordered them. Since you have to actually give a provider your health insurance information and permission to bill said insurance I would know if they where billing the insurance company. Plus you'd get an EOB as well. My first full time job out of college I didn't have health insurance at the time of the test. They could pass the cost onto you (which has become the standard for landlords now) but in my experience they don't probably because it may not be legal as these tests can be prohibitively expensive for low income people. In competitive industries may effect recruitment in a negative way. They probably do in low skill jobs if legal. I worked in a job that required yearly TB screening too which was similarly paid for by my employer. Might have been a health department requirement so they probably have strict rules/protocol around that. Drug prescreening and background checks aren't done until you have accepted the job. The job offer says "job offer is contingent on passing drug test/background check" so they only screen new hires who have already committed and not everyone who interviewed.