Health Care

The bill will now move to the full Senate floor for a vote....

...the amount of the penalty could be as much as $695 x 2 adults plus $695 x ½ x 3 kids = $2,432.50....

...Suicide Tuesday, February 28, 2017 11:30 a.m....

It will be heard on Monday, February 27, at 9:30 in room 229 before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health....

I never understood why there is so much support for a national, single-payer healthcare system – until I started working in a small medical office....

"Currently, there are no laws on the books that allow for the involuntarily commitment of individuals who are mentally ill or drug addicted or alcoholic...."

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection & Health passed the assisted suicide (SB1129) out of committee on February 15, 2017....

The committee on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-15-17 8:30AM in conference room 229....

"A person can be lying in their feces in a public stairwell and have an absolute constitutional right to do so, but the citizens walking over or through this public health hazard have no rights.”

Both bills could deprive individuals of their Second Amendment rights simply based on allegations, without a conviction....

Grade F -- Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Funding....

Hawaii, Alaska and South Dakota, states with track records of high well-being, were the top states in the 2016 rankings....

This is how the state spends your taxpayer money....

...Hyland’s homeopathic teething tablet products labeled as containing belladonna....

...Waste Chief Reason Medicare Predicted to be Bankrupt by 2028....

How many lost jobs, shuttered businesses and lost earnings in Hawaii? ....

Mercatus Center Healthcare Openness and Access Project – Hawaii Ranks 29th....

...the State’s proposed regulation of Certified Professional Midwives, who comprise just a small segment of the midwifery profession, is insufficient and inconsistent with the State’s regulatory policies....

Up to 2,000 customers dependent on life support equipment or increased heating and cooling needs due to a medical condition verified by a physician....

Limit opioid painkiller prescriptions to one week at a time....

...Total Cost Per Smoker: $2,048,587....

Hawaii CD1 has the lowest Obamacare enrollment in the USA....

Dr Goodman is one of four people who have most influenced the changes shaping our health care system....

...some great scores...and some very, very poor ones....

Hawaii ranks 44th in "equality and integration" of healthcare....

The bill eliminates “safeguards” from current doctor-prescribed suicide laws and proposals....

Nationally, Orkin's bed bug revenue is up more than 10 percent over last year....

“This action acknowledges the success of the state’s Prepaid Health Care Act in providing insurance to a majority of Hawaiʻi’s residents...."

Democrat politicians’ first real step towards conceding Obamacare needs to be repealed and replaced....

...severe birth defects related to infection with the Zika virus occurred in Hawaii much earlier than in 2016....

Earlier this year, our lawmakers passed Act 25. It bans smoking on the premises of our state-owned hospitals....

...no mention of the massive rate hikes....

...based on 10 key indicators of elder-abuse protection....

...Years of Positive Health Gains in the United States Threatened by Rise in Cardiovascular and Drug Deaths....

...The State is the senior partner in the tobacco industry....

As Republicans prepare to hammer out the details of a replacement for Obamacare, governors and state insurance commissioners are asking for a seat at the table....

2015 Gallup Healthways State Well-Being Rankings for Older Americans...

Completed Vaccination Consent Forms due to Schools by December 16....

...obesity and overweight rates increased high school educated people, while there is weak evidence that they decreased for the college educated....

The meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6th at the Oahu Veterans Center at 1299 Kukila St, Honolulu....

The idea builds on a trend that is helping women obtain birth control more easily....

...encourage citizens of the Freely Associated States (FAS) who live in the 50 U.S. States to enroll in health insurance plans available under the Affordable Care Act....

...the Fall 2016 release of the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a program which assigns A, B, C, D and F letter grades to more than 2,600 U.S. hospitals....

January 1, 2017 is the first day that these waiver programs could take effect....

Back in June, it looked like the hike would be 16 percent....

...job search, job referrals, vocational training, and work-based learning opportunities to individuals with disabilities....

...premiums have continued to grow by 5 percent per year or more in Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, and Utah....

Health insurance premiums on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces (also called exchanges) are expected to increase faster in 2017 than in previous years....