At-Home COVID Tests to be Covered by Health Insurers
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (podtrac.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Starting this weekend, the costs of at-home COVID-19 tests will be covered for people with private insurance or a group health plan. That means, if you have this kind of coverage and you go online or into a drugstore to purchase a test, the cost should be covered up front or via reimbursement.
Guest: Krutika Amin, a Kaiser Family Foundation expert on the Affordable Care Act
State prison officials are grappling with a surge in COVID-19 cases in their facilities as the omicron variant spreads. It's impacting both those who are incarcerated and prison staff.
Reporter: Adhiti Bandlamudi, KQED
A state bill that would limit so-called Ellis Act evictions will move forward in the legislature after it passed out of an assembly committee on Wednesday. It would require people who purchase a building to wait at least 5 years before invoking the Ellis Act.
Reporter: Kate Wolffe, KQED
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices