stranded in American SAmoa
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Non-patient cost-share for the medical charter — which is now re-scheduled for Jan. 13, 2021 — is $911 for the one-way flight, according the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency — or Medicaid Office — in a brief announcement late yesterday morning posted on its Facebook...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In addition to local residents stranded in the U.S., many U.S. residents are stranded in the territory. Pete Battaglia and dozens of other San Diegans working in the tuna industry have been stuck in Amerian Samoa since the shut down amid COVID-19 concerns.
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![It's hard to believe, but Pete Battaglia’s two-week work trip to American Samoa is now approaching six months and there is still no end in sight. [source: NBC San Diego News]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pete_battaglia_stranded_fisherman.jpg?itok=g18IjaoX)