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Friday, July 13, 2018 |
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HB1895: Legislators Give Tobacco Lobbyists Control Over Counties
By News Release @ 5:48 PM :: 6833 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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...This provision would block (preempt) county governments in Hawaii from passing their own laws to reduce tobacco use, including measures addressing the sale of candy-flavored tobacco products and menthol cigarettes that attract kids....
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Friday, July 6, 2018 |
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Blue Cross: Hawaii Lowest Rate of Diagnosed Major Depression
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 3858 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Wide variations exist in diagnosis rates between states and cities....
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018 |
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UH Cancer Center Keeps National Cancer Institute designation
By News Release @ 5:38 PM :: 3946 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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...Of more than 1,000 cancer centers across the country, the UH Cancer Center is one of only 70 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers in the nation....
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Saturday, June 30, 2018 |
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Hawaii ranks 24th in national child well-being
By News Release @ 12:22 PM :: 5765 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...according to the 2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, released June 27 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation....
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Thursday, June 21, 2018 |
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More Than 8 Cents of Each State Revenue Dollar Goes to Medicaid
By Selected News Articles @ 2:21 AM :: 3934 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii spent the second-lowest share of its own dollars on Medicaid in 2016....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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Special Ed: DoE Loses Class Action Suit Filed for 495 Students
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 7346 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Health Care, Labor
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...495 young adults from Hawai'i will soon be receiving compensatory education and education-related services thanks to the recent settlement....
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018 |
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New Medicare Cards are Arriving in Hawaii and Pacific Territories
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 3251 Views :: Health Care
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...CMS removes Social Security numbers, increasing fraud protection and consumer experience for millions of Americans....
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018 |
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After a Few Months of Typing, HGEA Member Scores Lifetime 'Disability' Pension
By Robert Thomas @ 1:23 PM :: 6092 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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...with 10 years of back payments thanks to a 3-2 decision of the Hawaii Supreme Court....
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Friday, May 11, 2018 |
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Pressler out at DoH
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 4462 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...Anderson will be taking over for Pressler. He has served as administrator of the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Aquatic Resources since October 2015....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 |
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Assisted Suicide: A Look into Hawaii's Future
By Selected News Articles @ 4:14 PM :: 4668 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...look to other places both here and abroad where assisted suicide is already legal....
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Sunday, May 6, 2018 |
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OHA releases report on health of Native Hawaiian women
By News Release @ 2:24 PM :: 4614 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, OHA
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... Haumea: Transforming the Health of Native Hawaiian Women and Empowering Wāhine Well-Being, a 150-page report ....
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Saturday, May 5, 2018 |
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Funds for Treating Individuals with Mental Illness: Is Your State Generous or Stingy?
By News Release @ 3:12 PM :: 3744 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...study reveals dramatic eight-fold difference in percentage of state funds allocated to helping mentally ill....
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Saturday, May 5, 2018 |
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Feds Approve Hawaii Air Ambulance deal
By News Release @ 11:20 AM :: 3850 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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...FTC Approves Final Order Imposing Conditions on Merger of Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc. and AMR Holdco, Inc....
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Thursday, May 3, 2018 |
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Commonwealth Fund: Hawaii Among Top Health Systems
By News Release @ 6:04 PM :: 4055 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...40 measures of access to health care, quality of care, efficiency in care delivery, health outcomes, and income-based health care disparities....
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018 |
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Hawaii is the Worst State for Nurses
By News Release @ 5:48 PM :: 5227 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...51st for Annual Nursing Salary (Adj for Cost of Living)....
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Tuesday, May 1, 2018 |
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HHS agrees to investigate Hawaii for forcing pregnancy centers, doctors to promote abortion
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 5885 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Life
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...attorneys filed complaint over violations of federal conscience protections....
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018 |
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Hawaii: How Safe is Your Hospital?
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 3992 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii has the highest proportion of 'A' grade hospitals in USA....
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018 |
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LEAD: Police to Refer Homeless Offenders to Treatment
By News Release @ 9:30 PM :: 6525 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness, Law Enforcement
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...The pilot is funded by the Hawai‘i Department of Health — Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division and involves a partnership between more than 30 community organizations....
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018 |
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Children's Health Care Hawaii Ranks 7th
By Selected News Articles @ 4:35 PM :: 3474 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...but Hawaii ranks 44th for kids dental health care....
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Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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GAO: Hawaii-Pacific Vets Wait 75 Days to Receive VA Care
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 5349 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...veterans experienced delays related to the processing of their enrollment applications, contacting them to schedule appointments, and completing comprehensive mental health evaluations....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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Kauai County Sues Opioid Manufacturers
By News Release @ 4:17 AM :: 5957 Views :: Kauai County, Health Care, Drugs
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...litigation against manufacturers, marketers, and distributors of opioid pain medications who have irresponsibly spread this terrible epidemic....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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AMA: Hawaii Has Longest Life Expectancy
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 5447 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...In 2016, Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at birth (81.3 years) and Mississippi had the lowest (74.7 years), a 6.6-year difference....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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Is Obamacare Unconstitutional Without Individual Mandate Tax? Hawaii AG Attempts to Intervene
By Selected News Articles @ 2:15 PM :: 3495 Views :: Health Care
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...Congress’ gutting of the individual mandate tax penalty last year leaves the law unconstitutional....
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Friday, April 6, 2018 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 7101 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Life
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...Bills that would have (1) established a task force to reduce suicides in Hawaii by 25% (HB2278 HD1), (2) designate September as Suicide Prevention Month (HB1703) and (3) create an application for smartphones designed to provide resources to Hawaii's youth (HB1704) all perished....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Hawaii’s ill-chosen legalization of assisted suicide
By Selected News Articles @ 6:26 PM :: 4594 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...We can learn a lot about the folly of this path if we look to other places here and abroad where assisted suicide already is legal. A quick survey turns up countless instances of the failures of these laws to safeguard the most vulnerable....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018 |
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Just Shut Up: The Price of Pandering to Anti-Vaxxers
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:04 PM :: 5898 Views :: Health Care, GMOs
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...the other night at 1AM, my 7 year old woke up moaning about not feeling well. She was running a 104 degree fever....
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Friday, March 30, 2018 |
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Senate Vote 23-2--Assisted Suicide Heads for Ige's Desk
By Selected News Articles @ 7:52 PM :: 5126 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...“Assisted suicide is dangerous public policy with potentially deadly consequences for everyone, but especially people with disabilities, the sick, the poor, and the elderly"....
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Thursday, March 29, 2018 |
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Fake War Hero Gets Real Prison Time
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 4598 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...United States District Court Judge J. Michael Seabright sentenced Cody Joslin, age 32, to 18 months in prison today for theft of funds from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs....
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018 |
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Senate Rushing to Commit Suicide--Vote Set With One Day Notice
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:22 PM :: 4514 Views :: Health Care, Life
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The Senate Chambers will have HB2739 HD1 on the agenda (we have no idea where it will be on the agenda) when session opens tomorrow, March 29, 2018, at 11:30 a.m....
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018 |
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Hawaii Among Worst States for Doctors
By Selected News Articles @ 2:20 PM :: 6204 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...but has the 5th-least punative Medical Board....
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018 |
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USNWR: Kauai Healthiest County in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:24 AM :: 4415 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Below are the 2018 rankings of the top 500 Healthiest Communities nationwide, and how they scored across each of the 10 categories....
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Saturday, March 24, 2018 |
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Are There Risks From Secondhand Marijuana Smoke? Early Science Says Yes.
By Selected News Articles @ 9:16 PM :: 5068 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...people would never tolerate those levels of cigarette smoke in a public place anymore. So why were they OK with pot smoke?....
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Saturday, March 24, 2018 |
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Assisted Suicide Clears Last Committee: Headed for Full Senate Vote
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 2:45 AM :: 5918 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Life
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...The assisted suicide bill passed 4-1 unamended by the Senate Judiciary Committee....
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Thursday, March 22, 2018 |
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Hawaii Scores $54M Windfall as Senior Partner in Tobacco Industry
By News Release @ 3:34 AM :: 4367 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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...the State is the senior partner in the tobacco business. Just ask the vapers....
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018 |
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Last Public Hearing Set for Assisted Suicide Bill
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 2:50 AM :: 4682 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...On Friday, March 23, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in room #016....
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018 |
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Hawaii Counties Ranked by Health Indicators
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 4409 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...our annual County Health Rankings show that where we live makes a difference in how well and how long we live....
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Friday, March 16, 2018 |
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DoH: Tobacco Prevention Saves Hawaii $1B
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 3826 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...results of 20 years of tobacco prevention and control policies and programs with an estimated total savings of $1 billion in health care costs to the state....
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Thursday, March 15, 2018 |
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Honolulu 2nd-Skinniest City in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 1:52 AM :: 3785 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...WalletHub compared 100 of the most populated U.S. metro areas across 18 key indicators of weight-related problems....
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018 |
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Assisted Suicide Bill Scheduled for Senate Hearing
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:49 AM :: 4127 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...Friday, March 16, 2018, 8:30 – 11:25 a.m., Conference Room 229, State Capitol....
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018 |
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Community Well-Being: Honolulu Ranks 18th
By Selected News Articles @ 8:25 PM :: 3954 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...186 communities ranked based on their Well-Being Index scores....
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018 |
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Attorney General Sessions Announces New Actions To Improve School Safety And Better Enforce Existing Gun Laws
By News Release @ 3:31 AM :: 6879 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Second Amendment
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“...We are increasing the number of school resource officers, improving background checks and more aggressively prosecuting those who illegally attempt to purchase a firearm, and reviewing and enhancing the way our law enforcement agencies respond to tips from the public...."
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Sunday, March 11, 2018 |
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Assisted Suicide Bill Now in Senate
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:38 AM :: 5740 Views :: Family, Health Care, Life
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...HB2739 has been assigned to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection & Health and Senate Judiciary....
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Saturday, March 10, 2018 |
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Study: Hawaii Obamacare Prices to Jump 50% by 2021
By News Release @ 2:49 AM :: 4569 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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...will they believe us if we blame Trump?...
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii AG Sues Trump in Desperate Bid to Keep Health Insurance Expensive
By News Release @ 7:16 PM :: 5337 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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... stop Trump from "provid(ing) new, more affordable options to Americans in the individual market who are getting hammered by skyrocketing premiums” ....
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018 |
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Full Text: Assisted Suicide 16 Floor Amendments
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 2:39 PM :: 4639 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... Rep. Tupola offers amendments to HB 2739 ....
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Monday, March 5, 2018 |
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Effort to Digitize Records Stopped Cold by Outdated State Computers--But Still Cuts Wait Time for Workers’ Comp Hearings in Half
By Selected News Articles @ 5:58 PM :: 5078 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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...Thousands of files have been digitized at the state’s disability compensation program. However, they need hardware with capacity for more storage to continue progress....
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Thursday, March 1, 2018 |
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Battle Not Over: Protect Hawaii's Elderly from Assisted Suicide
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:17 PM :: 4847 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...We will have more opportunities to voice our concerns in the remaining half of this session....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018 |
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HB2739: Hawaii Democrats Blind Suicide Leap
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 10:13 PM :: 10219 Views :: Democratic Party, Health Care, Life, Politicians, Republican Party
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...All members of the committees voted “yes” on the bill, except Rep. Andria Tupola and Rep. Bob McDermott .... We were asked to vote without our members having seen a written draft of the revised bill....
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