"My sense is that these are glitches that will be addressed pretty quickly, but if not, please know, first and foremost, you should not have to put money out of pocket to get the COVID vaccine," Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told reporters on Sept. 20. Here's the...
COVID-19 test kits imported from overseas came under suspicion after returning some rather bizarre positives. In order to evaluate the quality of the kits, Tanzanian security forces randomly obtained non-human samples, including from a pawpaw, a goat and a sheep. The random samples were assigned...
Free, at-home COVID tests are back. Here’s how to order yours BYLindsey Leake September 25, 2024 at 4:36 AM GMT+8 COVIDtests.gov will once again offer each U.S. household four free COVID-19 test kits beginning in late September 2024. ljubaphoto/Getty Images The summer wave o...
Pandemic-related Medicare scams have run rampant since the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines and testing kits. Scammers use threatening language in text messages and calls to steal your personal information. In these scam calls, fraudsters claim that you’re eligible for a special vaccine or can...
COVID-19 testing is an important part of protecting yourself and others from illness. These days, at-home tests — especially rapid antigen tests — are easy to get. Testing yourself right away when you have symptoms of COVID is a good idea. If you think you might have been exposed to...
NBC news has recently reported that fake COVID-19 testing sites are an emerging type of scam seeking to exploit medicare patients, senior citizens and financially marginalized people [*]. Beware of unlicensed "pop-up" COVID-19 testing sites that request too much personal information, such as ...
critics of the plan argue thattests still remain hard to come by, and that they should either be sent directly to Americans or be free at the point of purchase, to ensure equitable access torapid COVID-19 teststhat have become an integral part of the country's plan to contain the spread...
May we all live long and never have to take advantage of the Affordable Care Act, even ifJoe Biden plans to offer more healthcare subsidies. Let's let the people who are financially struggling the most get subsidies from those of us who can pay more. ...
THE CONSTITUTION, CORONAVIRUS, AND CARE: HOW THE ACA TRILOGY AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CREATED NEW BASES FOR MEDICARE-FOR-ALLMeltzer, RoseArizona Law Review
Paxlovid is the most commonly prescribed antiviral pill for COVID-19. It has a list price around $1,400, but most people shouldn't have to pay that amount. The drug is free through the end of 2024 for people on federal insurance programs like Medicaid and Medicare. Uninsured people also...