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Are you getting billed for COVID-19 tests you didn't order? Here's what you need to know

If 2022 was the year of free COVID-19 test kits for many California seniors, 2023 is shaping up to be the year of fraudulent COVID-19 test kits. Consider what happened to Judy, an 85-year-old Medicare recipient in Southern California (we're withholding her last name because she's concerned about being victimized further). One day this year, five COVID-19 test kits showed up at her home without ...
Medicare is no longer giving away home COVID-19 test kits like these from iHealth.

If 2022 was the year of free COVID-19 test kits for many California seniors, 2023 is shaping up to be the year of fraudulent COVID-19 test kits.

Consider what happened to Judy, an 85-year-old Medicare recipient in Southern California (we're withholding her last name because she's concerned about being victimized further). One day this year, five COVID-19 test kits showed up at her home without her ever requesting them.

"I didn't pay any attention to the unsolicited COVID

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