{"id":19379,"date":"2022-01-19T08:19:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T13:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19379"},"modified":"2022-01-19T08:19:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T13:19:36","slug":"5-things-you-should-know-about-free-at-home-covid-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19379","title":{"rendered":"5 Things You Should Know About \u2018Free\u2019 At-Home Covid Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Damon Darlin for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Americans keep hearing that it is important to test frequently for covid-19 at home. But just try to find an \u201cat-home\u201d rapid covid test in a store and at a price that makes frequent tests affordable.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/the-true-cost-of-those-free-at-home-covid-tests\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Testing, as well as mask-wearing, is an important measure if the country ever hopes to beat covid, restore normal routines and get the economy running efficiently. To get Americans cheaper tests, the federal government now plans to have insurance companies pay for them. Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/article\/5-things-you-should-know-about-free-at-home-covid-tests\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/article\/5-things-you-should-know-about-free-at-home-covid-tests\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"104\" class=\"wp-image-899\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1.png 1600w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-390x205.png 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><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 Damon Darlin for Kaiser Health News) Americans keep hearing that it is important to test frequently for covid-19 at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,16,14,6,52,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-care-act-aca","category-legislative-update","category-medicaid","category-medical-technology","category-medicare-general","category-pandemic","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19379","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=19379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19380,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19379\/revisions\/19380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}