Why Medicare Doesn’t Pay for Rapid At-Home Covid Tests

Art Shotwell 5 minutes read
The laws governing Medicare don’t provide coverage for self-administered diagnostic tests, which is precisely what the rapid antigen tests are and why they are an important tool for containing the pandemic.

5 Things You Should Know About ‘Free’ At-Home Covid Tests

Art Shotwell 5 minutes read
Telling insurance companies to pay for rapid covid-19 tests is just the latest covid-related cost the federal government expects them to bear. But who really ends up paying for it?

CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally

Art Shotwell 6 minutes read
The world now has a new COVID-19 vaccine in its arsenal, and at a fraction of the cost per dose.

Dramatic increase in COVID cases in local hospitals

Art Shotwell 3 minutes read
Skagit County hospitals have seen a dramatic increase in the number of individuals admitted for inpatient care due to COVID-19 over the past week.

What Patients Can Learn With Confidence From One Negative Rapid Test (Hint: Very Little)

Art Shotwell 8 minutes read
While home antigen testing remains a useful — and underutilized — tool to curb the pandemic, experts say, it is often misused and may provide false confidence.

Inflation inequality: Poorest Americans are hit hardest by soaring prices on necessities

Art Shotwell 3 minutes read
The fastest rate of inflation in 40 years is hurting families across the U.S. who are seeing ever-higher prices for everything from meat and potatoes to housing and gasoline.