Pod Squad: How To Get Help With Health Care

The enrollment period to sign up for the government health care program has been cut back this year so if you need help, don’t wait.

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Legal Aid Society of Hawaii’s Connie Liu and Ronnette Ome talk about outreach efforts to help enroll Hawaii residents, particularly in the Micronesian community, in the health care market. Open enrollment started Nov. 1 but the time to sign up has been shortened to 45 days this year.

Right, Connie Liu, Managing Attn for Comm Engagement Ronnette Ome, one of the Health Navigators with Chad Blair center.
Connie Liu, right, and Ronnette Ome of the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii with Pod Squad host Chad Blair. Cory Lum/Civil Beat

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