Confused or overwhelmed by your health insurance plan? Don’t understand the difference between Medicare and Medicaid? We’ve got you covered! On this first of two parts about health insurance, we dive into the world of public insurance, looking at how one qualifies for various state- and federally-funded insurance plans, like Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and the VA. We remember an episode of Friends, The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance, and look at Joey Tribbiani’s options, to see what types of health insurance a typical 30-year-old can enroll in today. On a similar note, we discuss how the VA health insurance plan is depicted on One Day at a Time. Last, Cori and Brooke discuss which Friend they are (spoiler: Brooke reluctantly accepts that she might be a Ross).

Next time, we’ll talk about the history of health insurance and explain how your average private and employer-sponsored plans work.

For more information and for links to everything discussed in this episode, visit our show notes at https://hohwpodcast.com/006-the-one-with-health-insurance/.