U.S. CITIZENS
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa permanent residents as well as legal residents are not eligible under the Medicaid off island referral program to New Zealand, which is fully funded by the federal government. However, they are eligible for the Medicaid program if they are treated at the...

![Director of the local Medicaid Office, Sandra King-Young and Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale appeared before the House Health Committee yesterday morning to explain why American Samoa permanent residents are not eligible for the Medicaid off island referral program to New Zealand. [photo: AF] Director of the local Medicaid Office, Sandra King-Young and Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asg_officials_1020.jpg?itok=oqDLtk5P)