[Rainger99]

People in either Original Medicare or Medicare Advantage will be able to get over-the-counter COVID-19 tests at no cost starting in early spring. Under the new initiative, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to access up to eight over-the-counter COVID-19 tests per month for free.

[Two Bills]

Wow!
Those lucky people will be able to test every 3.8 days for a whole year for free!!

[Dana1963]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

People in either Original Medicare or Medicare Advantage will be able to get over-the-counter COVID-19 tests at no cost starting in early spring. Under the new initiative, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to access up to eight over-the-counter COVID-19 tests per month for free.

Medicare enrollees will be able to receive up to eight at-home tests per month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Feb. 3. CMS officials say the initiative will be up and running in early spring, but exact dates and details have not yet been announced. Medicare will pay eligible pharmacies and other participating locations directly, so beneficiaries will not have to pay anything up front for the tests.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

People in either Original Medicare or Medicare Advantage will be able to get over-the-counter COVID-19 tests at no cost starting in early spring. Under the new initiative, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to access up to eight over-the-counter COVID-19 tests per month for free.

Definition of "free"------someone else is paying.

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Definition of "free"------someone else is paying.

Yep. Free, provided by the taxpayers.

[johnfarr]

https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-military-linked-firm-gathers-american-dna-provides-covid-tests_4250811.html?utm_source=Morningbrief&utm_cam paign=mb-2022-02-04&utm_medium=email&est=uZqQqreeaXxDLej35Sir1BYrGQ PyJLIaOZiPfYl6lbE0rwMpbvKgobtCCD3Yx5KvGA %3D%3D

[drducat]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Wow!
Those lucky people will be able to test every 3.8 days for a whole year for free!!

hypochondriac's dream!

[Dana1963]

Originally Posted by johnfarr

https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-military-linked-firm-gathers-american-dna-provides-covid-tests_4250811.html?utm_source=Morningbrief&utm_cam paign=mb-2022-02-04&utm_medium=email&est=uZqQqreeaXxDLej35Sir1BYrGQ PyJLIaOZiPfYl6lbE0rwMpbvKgobtCCD3Yx5KvGA %3D%3D

That was behind the theory of the last James Bond movie “No Time to Die”.
Q anon anyone

[JP]

Free means I paid medicare taxes AND my employees medicare taxes for 30+ years. I think it is a benefit I paid for.

[MrFlorida]

Nothing is free, we all pay for it .

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by JP

Free means I paid medicare taxes AND my employees medicare taxes for 30+ years. I think it is a benefit I paid for.

You might think that way, but you would be wrong.

[GRACEALLEMAN]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

People in either Original Medicare or Medicare Advantage will be able to get over-the-counter COVID-19 tests at no cost starting in early spring. Under the new initiative, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to access up to eight over-the-counter COVID-19 tests per month for free.

Okay. That's great. But once you test...so what? If you think you have it ....even without the test, stay home or take what you know you're supposed to take. You don't need a test to tell you that you are sick.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by JP

Free means I paid medicare taxes AND my employees medicare taxes for 30+ years. I think it is a benefit I paid for.

Not true. Do the math.

[Beyond The Wall]

Yup…..Nothing is free. Test made in China, where the virus was made. Test,test,test,…..cases,cases,cases. Will we ever learn? Properly not

[NotGolfer]

Why folks want to keep testing is beyond me. I had C-19 at the end/beginning of 21/22 and didn't need a test to know I was sick. I stayed home and gave proper attention to my symptoms. Early on my pcp (2 yrs ago) told me "IF" I got it---stay home, take Musinex, hydrate (I utilized that with Gateraid for electrolytes). I also took advantage of the Brownwood site for therapy (it worked!!!!) before it got shut down. My pcp recommended it but 1st had labs done to find out and I had the antibodies for the "plague". My case felt like a flu. I never had a fever with it and only "some" of the symptoms. I've read where the tests can be inconclusive giving false negatives or positives. I won't be getting any "free" anything as according to the reports they have a "shelf life" that expires their effectiveness.