{"id":16288,"date":"2020-06-19T14:54:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T18:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16288"},"modified":"2020-06-19T14:54:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T18:54:53","slug":"insurers-may-only-pay-for-coronavirus-tests-when-theyre-medically-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16288","title":{"rendered":"Insurers May Only Pay For Coronavirus Tests When They&#8217;re &#8216;Medically Necessary&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Blake Farmer for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the massive turnout at anti-racism demonstrations around the country, public health officials are encouraging protesters to get tested for the coronavirus. As purely precautionary testing has become more common, some insurance companies are arguing they can&#8217;t just pay for everyone who&#8217;s concerned about their risk to get tested.\u00a0 Continue reading article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2020\/06\/19\/880543755\/insurers-may-only-pay-for-coronavirus-tests-when-theyre-medically-necessary\"> here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Blake Farmer for NPR) In the wake of the massive turnout at anti-racism demonstrations around the country, public health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,42,21,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-employer-healthcare","category-health-care-finance","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16289,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16288\/revisions\/16289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}