The government has announced free COVID tests for everyone, and every insurance company is expected to pay the cost of up to eight tests each month. As per the renewed policy, the people with Medicare Part B (outpatient care coverage), including Advantage Plan enrollees, will be able to get up to eight over-the-counter tests per month for free from participating pharmacies and health-care providers.

The initiative comes after Medicare was left out of the Biden administration’s January mandate that private insurers cover the cost of at home Covid tests (also up to eight per month). It is for the very first time that Medicare has announced to cover a self-administered, over-the-counter test at no cost to beneficiaries.

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