If you don’t have health insurance, open enrollment for Medicare began this month and ends on Dec. 7. HPR’s Dr. Kathy Kozak recommends anyone eligible for the government-run health insurance start looking into which of the plans works for them.
We've got a call-in show covering the high cost of COVID-19. It's open enrollment for Medicare. What do you need to know to pick the right plan for you?
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U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services on vaccine rollout
It s been a little more than two weeks since the first COVID-19 vaccine went into the arm of a Hawaii resident - a frontline healthcare worker. That s the first group to receive the vaccines, but you might be wondering when it s going to be your turn. That depends. Each state has come up with its own distribution plan, coordinating with federal groups from the Centers for Disease Control to the Department of Health and Human Services. Eric Hargan is the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He oversees vaccine distribution plans of the Department s 9th Region, which includes Hawaii. He spoke with The Conversation s Harrison Patino about the latest on t he national vaccination program.