Stretching Your Dollar: Free Covid Tests and Healthcare Benefits
With an uptick in reported COVID-19 cases, the U.S. government has made free testing kits available to Americans beginning today. Jacqueline Schadeck, certified financial planner at New Perspective Financial Solutions, joined 'Stretching Your Dollar' to share information on getting tests delivered, how to take advantage of health perks from insurance companies and local municipalities.
Alzheimer’s mainly affects the elderly, who are eligible for Medicare, but people under 65 — even, rarely, as young as their 30s — also can get diagnosed. They are more likely to have commercial coverage.
The vote by the state's Public Utilities Commission came despite reservations from city officials and residents spurred by erratic behavior that resulted in unmanned vehicles blocking traffic, including the path of emergency vehicles.
The teenager was airlifted to a hospital Tuesday for injuries including nine broken vertebrae, a ruptured spleen, a collapsed lung and a concussion. He was discharged Saturday.
Authorities are also warning that the effort to find and identify the dead is just beginning. Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said Saturday that crews with cadaver dogs have covered just 3% of the search area.
Some doctors say the drug should be held for three weeks before sedation to accommodate the delayed emptying of the stomach, which can cause patients to inhale food and liquid into their lungs.