{"id":19392,"date":"2022-01-21T08:17:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T13:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19392"},"modified":"2022-01-21T08:17:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T13:17:33","slug":"biden-administrations-rapid-test-rollout-doesnt-easily-reach-those-who-need-it-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19392","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration\u2019s Rapid-Test Rollout Doesn\u2019t Easily Reach Those Who Need It Most"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(By Hannah Recht and Victoria Knight for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past week, the Biden administration launched two programs that aim to get rapid covid tests into the hands of every American. But the design of both efforts disadvantages people who already face the greatest barriers to testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the limit placed on test orders to the languages available on websites, the programs stand to leave out many people who don\u2019t speak English or don\u2019t have internet access, as well as those who live in multifamily households. All these barriers are more common for non-white Americans, who have also been hit hardest by covid. The White House told KHN it will address these problems but did not give specifics. Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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