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How to Get a Free At Home Covid Test?

The government has announced At Home 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.

Are you confused about the process of getting At Home health test kits or lack the right information about making a claim, etc. – we’ve got you back by putting together all the …


How to test for asbestos in Nanaimo BC

Let’s set one thing straight first of all. Just because a house may contain asbestos doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t even enter it. Asbestos is seriously toxic and carcinogenic – but only when it is in dust form and breathed in through the lungs. This can happen through deterioration (when asbestos containing building materials break down), when it is broken by accident, or when a renovation or remodeling of an old house occurs and no testing for asbestos has been done.

Many online sites tout kits and steps for testing for asbestos yourself. Ask yourself this – if you are not a doctor, would you conduct an appendectomy on yourself or a loved one? Same for asbestos testing. If you are not trained and certified to be an asbestos tester, leave it to the professional. For almost a hundred years, asbestos was used by the building industry before people became …