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Medicare opens up access to free at-home COVID tests

A United States government website is displayed on a computer, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, in Walpole, Mass., that features a page where people can order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. The website, COVIDTests.gov, allows people to order four at-home tests per residence and have them delivered by mail. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

U.S. nursing homes will need to vaccinate staff against …

A healthcare worker working with the Florida Department of Health in Broward administers a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to Nancy Mathews, 90, at the John Knox Village Continuing Care Retirement Community on Jan. 6, 2021 in Pompano Beach, Florida. (Raedle/Getty Images)

Watchdog: U.S. nursing home patient deaths increased 32% …

Resident Hanna Nasi is visited by daughter Surab Nasrallah on the first day of in-room family member visits at the Ararat Nursing Facility in the Mission Hills neighborhood on March 24, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Democrats still seek balance to keep prescription drug …

In this June 15, 2018, file photo, pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Woman faces criminal charges in alleged $6M Medicare fraud …

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‘Obamacare’ sign-ups to begin Sunday as millions more …

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Social Security checks to rise 1.3% in 2021 amid pandemic …

In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower, File)

L.A. nursing home operator to pay $16.7M to settle …

A doctor and patient are seen in this undated file photo. (Getty Images)

To keep seniors safe at home, Medicare expands telemedicine

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Trump Says He’s Open to Making Cuts to Medicare, …

President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Miami International Airport in Miami pm Jan. 23, 2020. (Credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

White House Finds Pelosi’s Plan to Let Medicare Negotiate …

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi answers questions during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Sept.19, 2019. (Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Unveils Ambitious Plan …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at the Congressional statue dedication ceremony honoring Ponca Chief Standing Bear of Nebraska on Sept. 18, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Sen. Harris Health Plan That Would Keep Private Insurers …

Democratic presidential hopeful US Senator for California Kamala Harris speaks with MSNBC host Chris Matthews in the Spin Room after the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season in Miami, Florida, June 27, 2019. (Credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

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