Journalists Offer Primers on Medicare Open Enrollment and Death Benefits Amid Covid

KHN contributing writer and former columnist Michelle Andrews discussed on Newsy on Tuesday how unvaccinated workers risk losing the death benefits they would have otherwise received if they die of covid-19.

Click here to watch Andrews on Newsy
Read Andrews’ “Unvaccinated? Don’t Count on Leaving Your Family Death Benefits”

KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicare open enrollment on WBUR-NPR’s “Here & Now” on Monday. She also discussed covid vaccines for children on WAMU-NPR’s “1A” on Nov. 5.

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<h1>Journalists Offer Primers on Medicare Open Enrollment and Death Benefits Amid Covid</h1>
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<p>KHN contributing writer and former columnist Michelle Andrews discussed on Newsy on Tuesday how unvaccinated workers risk losing the death benefits they would have otherwise received if they die of covid-19. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/some-companies-deny-death-benefits-for-unvaccinated-workers/">Click here to watch Andrews on Newsy</a></li><li>Read Andrews’ “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/unvaccinated-workers-death-benefits/">Unvaccinated? Don’t Count on Leaving Your Family Death Benefits</a>”</li></ul><p>KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicare open enrollment on WBUR-NPR’s “Here & Now” on Monday. She also discussed covid vaccines for children on WAMU-NPR’s “1A” on Nov. 5. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/11/08/seniors-medicare-open-enrollment">Click here to hear Rovner on “Here & Now”</a></li><li><a href="https://the1a.org/segments/youngkin-vaccine-rittenhouse-trial/">Click here to hear Rovner on “1A”</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/khn-on-air-journalists-offer-primers-on-medicare-open-enrollment-and-death-benefits-amid-covid/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/khn-on-air-journalists-offer-primers-on-medicare-open-enrollment-and-death-benefits-amid-covid/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/khn-on-air-journalists-offer-primers-on-medicare-open-enrollment-and-death-benefits-amid-covid/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Offer%20Primers%20on%20Medicare%20Open%20Enrollment%20and%20Death%20Benefits%20Amid%20Covid&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Fkhn-on-air-journalists-offer-primers-on-medicare-open-enrollment-and-death-benefits-amid-covid%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/khn-on-air-journalists-offer-primers-on-medicare-open-enrollment-and-death-benefits-amid-covid/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/khn-on-air-journalists-offer-primers-on-medicare-open-enrollment-and-death-benefits-amid-covid/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=1405821&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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