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www.medicare.gov: Web standards & metadata — week 2026-W38

Web standards & metadata

Web-standards, metadata, and security checks in the spirit of ScanGov (methodology CC0), run across our scan rather than only the homepage.

Share of checked pages passing each standard (lowest first).
StandardPass ratePages
Open social presence (Mastodon/Bluesky) linked0%0/960
schema.org GovernmentOrganization markup1%5/960
Meta description present52%503/960
Canonical URL declared86%821/960
hreflang alternates declared86%821/960
Open Graph tags (5/6)86%821/960
Twitter card metadata86%821/960
Page has a <title>100%960/960
Character encoding declared100%960/960
Document language (lang) set100%960/960
Responsive viewport (zoom not disabled)100%960/960

across 960 page(s)

No Mastodon/Bluesky links detected on checked pages.

Progressive Web Resilience across 960 page(s)

Capabilities that keep the site useful under real-world conditions — unreliable connectivity, interrupted sessions, mobile install. Not a compliance score: each row is independent evidence.

Progressive Web Resilience signals (lowest pass rate first).
CapabilityResultWhy it mattersEvidence
Service worker registered ✗ 0/960 pages A service worker is what makes offline access, caching, and background sync possible. —
Manifest declares a maskable icon ✗ 0/960 pages A maskable icon lets the OS safely crop/mask the app icon on different device shapes without clipping content. No manifest declared
Service worker is active (not just registered) ✗ 0/960 pages An active service worker (not just registered) is what actually intercepts requests and serves cached content. —
Service worker controls this page load ✗ 0/960 pages A controlling service worker means THIS page load is being served/intercepted, not just a future one. —
Meets basic installability criteria ✗ 0/960 pages Determines whether the browser can realistically offer "Add to Home Screen" / install, based on manifest + service worker + HTTPS together. no readable web app manifest; no service worker registered
Web app manifest declared ~ 139/960 pages A web app manifest is required for installability and controls how the app appears when launched. —
Theme color declared ~ 139/960 pages Theme color controls the browser chrome/status-bar color when the site is installed or bookmarked. #000000
Manifest fetched and parsed successfully ~ 139/960 pages A manifest that fails to parse cannot drive installability or launch behavior even if the link is present. No manifest declared
Apple touch icon (iOS/bookmark icon) ~ 947/960 pages iOS uses this icon for home-screen bookmarks and "Add to Home Screen" — without it the icon falls back to a screenshot. —
HTTPS (required for service workers) ✓ 960/960 pages HTTPS is required for service workers and most install prompts. —