Cost share for the Jan 8 medical charter to Honolulu not yet determined
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Any cargo on the planned third medical charter flight to Honolulu next month will help reduce the “cost-share” paid by non-medical patients, says Sandra King-Yo

![“We have offered to shippers the chance to send cargo on the flight from Pago to Honolulu. If there is any cargo, that will help reduce the cost share,” King-Young said yesterday responding to Samoa News inquiries. [SN file photo] Sandra King-Young, director of the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sandra_king-young_0926_1.jpg?itok=rwoeYf7p)
![Manumalo Ala’ilima, co-chair and co-founder of Utopia PDX, facilitating the funeral of their brother who passed away from Covid-19. [ photo: Papali’i Esther Ala’ilima-Semeautu] Manumalo Ala’ilima](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/manumalo_alailima.jpg?itok=CCETR85E)
![Rendering of the proposed new fono building. [SN file photo] Rendering of the proposed new fono building.](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fono_bldg_rendering_62.jpg?itok=AcdxbLmY)
![When the vaccine comes, it will protect Samoa from a pandemic that has ravaged the globe. [SN file photo] Covid-19 vaccine bottles](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/covid-19_vaccine_viles_0.png?itok=ibX80eRZ)
![American Samoa High Court building [SN file photo] American Samoa High Court building](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/high_court_90.jpg?itok=FgloAlNx)

![“I spoke with the leader of the Government of American Samoa, and we have a mutual understanding of the ramifications of an alteration in the shipping route,” Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sailele Malielegaoi said. [SN file photo] Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sailele Malielegaoi](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov_n_pm_1.jpg?itok=iOjw2K_n)
![COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force co-chairs — LBJ Medical Center Chief Executive Officer, Faumuina John Faumuina (3rd from left) and Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua (4th from left) — along with task force members and medical personnel from both DoH and LBJ after Monday’s news conference on the latest update on the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for American Samoa. It was also revealed that another manufacturer has made an allocation for the territory too. [photo: FS] J Medical Center Chief Executive Officer, Faumuina John Faumuina (3rd from left) and Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua (4th from left) — along with task force members and medical personnel](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/vaccine_taskforce_5296.jpg?itok=9je4cYNf)
