{"id":12699,"date":"2019-02-22T08:59:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T13:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12699"},"modified":"2019-02-22T08:59:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T13:59:36","slug":"is-new-app-from-feds-your-answer-to-navigating-medicare-coverage-yes-and-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12699","title":{"rendered":"Is New App From Feds Your Answer To Navigating Medicare Coverage? Yes And No"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Millennials, beware: Your grandparents are about to start calling you for help downloading the new Medicare smartphone app.<\/p>\n<p>The iPhone and Android app, which launched Feb. 6, is called \u201cWhat\u2019s Covered,\u201d and true to its name, it mostly answers one simple, yes-or-no question: Is this medical procedure covered by traditional Medicare?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/is-new-app-from-feds-your-answer-to-navigating-medicare-coverage-yes-and-no\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=70156787&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_RmOE2Un9EeVypReM5VD8aq0MAqYC4EpmI1zKHiIAZOpAt5UHKVsQPiTWVS0gNXWp8acRIR62xefMR5HQZVcWwuCXFig&amp;_hsmi=70156787\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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