Medicare Now Covers COVID-19 Tests & Vaccines with No Cost to Patients
Medicare beneficiaries can now access COVID-19 symptoms tests and vaccines with improved coverage. The FDA also offers free home test kits, while Medicare covers specific types of tests and vaccines with no cost to patients.
Medicare now covers COVID-19 symptoms tests and vaccines with certain conditions. Tests must be ordered by a Medicare-approved doctor and performed at a Medicare-approved lab. Medicare Part B covers molecular, antigen, and antibody tests, including FDA-authorized antibody tests using approved serology methods.
The FDA provides four COVID-19 home test kits per U.S. household for free. These tests allow for convenient detection of current infections. Meanwhile, antibody tests help determine previous infections but are not used for diagnosing current cases. Antigen tests, with a turnaround time of 15 minutes to 1 hour, also diagnose current infections.
Original Medicare covers the updated Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for the 2023 to 2024 period with no cost to the patient. This ensures beneficiaries can access crucial vaccinations without financial burden.
Medicare beneficiaries can now access COVID-19 symptoms tests and vaccines with improved coverage, including molecular, antigen, and antibody tests, as well as the updated Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The FDA also offers free home test kits, providing convenient detection options for beneficiaries.
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