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Hope + Healing Podcast
Hope + Healing is a podcast for Tribal citizens and Tribal leaders who want to learn about health options that offer more care and better care to Indian Country. The host for the podcast is Levi Rickert, editor and publisher of Native News Online. In each episode, he is joined by one of the experts at the National Indian Health Board, a national nonprofit organization that provides a variety of health-related advocacy and technical assistance services to Tribes, area health boards, and federal agencies.
Together, they’ll dive deep into topics and interview leaders from Indian Country and experts in Native health. And even though health care is a complex topic, they’ll be sure to keep things straightforward, accessible and jargon free.
This podcast is supported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $800,000 with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are those of the guests(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, CMS/HHS or the U.S. government.
Hope + Healing Podcast
Episode 4 - Marketplace 101
In this episode, podcast hosts Levi Rickert and Kristen Bitsuie welcome guest Yvonne Myers, an Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Consultant for Citizen Potawatomi Nation Health Services with more than four decades of experience in public health. Together, they discuss the Health Insurance Marketplace, which is the federal government's online market where people can look at and compare private health insurance options. The Health Insurance Marketplace is an option if you do not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid or want to look at other health insurance options.
Links:
National Indian Health Board - https://www.nihb.org/
Medicare - https://www.medicare.gov/
Medicaid - https://www.medicaid.gov/
Marketplace - https://www.healthcare.gov/ or 1-800-318-2596
Interested in healthcare in Indian Country? You can find all kinds of useful information and Tribal resources at the National Indian Health Board website. Plus, you can keep up to date on Indian health news at the Native News Health Desk. Questions or comments? We’d love to hear from you. Email us at podcast@nativenewsonline.net.
This podcast is produced by the National Indian Health Board and Native News Online, with funding support from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Audio production, sound editing, and post-production is handled by Hey Guys Media Group LLC.
