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Tuesday, December 7, 2021 |
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Hawaii’s Healthcare Shortage: Hawaii Island Residents Concerned
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:41 AM :: 2864 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care
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... Residents on Hawaii island are voicing their concerns about the shortage of healthcare, according to Lisa Rantz, executive director of the Hilo Medical Center Foundation ....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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Elder Abuse: Hawaii Rankings Mixed
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 PM :: 1810 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... 2021’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections ....
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Monday, November 22, 2021 |
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Hawaii Top Ten Hospitals Ranked for Outcomes, Efficiency
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 3075 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... NOTE: Hospitals ranking best for outcomes and efficiency rank lowest for equity ....
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Saturday, November 20, 2021 |
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'Certificate of Need' stands in way of improving healthcare in Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:45 PM :: 1880 Views :: Health Care
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... Since 2006, state officials have rejected over $200 million worth of certificate-of-need requests, which would have added more than 200 hospital beds to meet Hawaii’s medical needs ....
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021 |
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2021’s Most Obese States--Hawaii 47th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 2056 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... more than seven in 10 U.S. adults aged 20 and older are either overweight or obese ....
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Saturday, November 13, 2021 |
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Strike Halted, Tentative Agreement Reached Between Alliance Unions and Kaiser Permanente
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 2078 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... On Saturday, November 13, 2021, Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions reached tentative agreement on a four-year contract ....
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Tuesday, November 9, 2021 |
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Oahu Ambulances may now take patients to urgent care
By News Release @ 2:54 PM :: 1836 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care
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... Both HESD and DOH plan to expand the program to other selected alternative care sites throughout O’ahu and Neighbor Islands. Other alternative sites are being identified and may be ready by the end of this year ....
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Monday, November 8, 2021 |
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State Launches ABLE Savings Program for Disabled
By News Release @ 7:05 PM :: 2176 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Small Business
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... In 2019, Gov. Ige signed Kal’s Law, which allowed individuals with a qualifying disability to work full-time at minimum wage without losing state or federal benefits. This year, Gov. Ige signed a bill that became Act 55 — which removes the practice of paying individuals a sub-minimum wage based solely on the fact the individual has a disability ....
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Wednesday, November 3, 2021 |
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Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians authorize strike in Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:24 PM :: 2426 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... Clinicians are also seeking a state investigation into Kaiser’s violation of laws ensuring parity for mental health care ....
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021 |
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Has Hawaii forgotten that it legalized assisted suicide?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 AM :: 2530 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... Since legalization, a total of 59 people have died after taking advantage of the Our Care Our Choice Act ....
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Sunday, September 19, 2021 |
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What we ‘need’ is to fix Hawaii’s healthcare laws
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:41 AM :: 2596 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... a closer look at the government policies that have contributed to the problem ....
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021 |
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Not Just Covid: Hawaii Ranks 37th in Vaccinations
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 2649 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... Hawaii has low rates of vaccination against many diseases ....
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Sunday, September 12, 2021 |
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Can the Hawaii SMART Health Card record your sexual performances and store them in a database?
By Andrew Walden @ 6:41 AM :: 6896 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... the small print reveals a trail of breadcrumbs leading to your bedroom ....
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Saturday, August 28, 2021 |
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1854: Hawaiian Kingdom Legislature Orders Mandatory Vaccines for Everybody
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 AM :: 3915 Views :: Hawaii History, Health Care, COVID-19
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... Would the Hawaiian Kingdom Compel Everyone to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine? The Answer is “YES” ....
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Friday, August 27, 2021 |
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COVID Quackery: Medical Board Files Complaint Against Pang After Legislators Demand Firing
By News Release @ 6:34 AM :: 3685 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... Hawaii feed stores seeing spike in Ivermectin sales--One Person Poisoned ....
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021 |
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DoH to Receive 500 Healthcare Surge Staff
By News Release @ 9:54 PM :: 2143 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... They are expected to work in Hawai‘i for eight weeks each ....
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Thursday, July 29, 2021 |
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UH Med School to Transfer 100 Employees to Queen's Hospital
By News Release @ 6:24 AM :: 2525 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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... A key component of this affiliation agreement is the creation of a combined physician group to be named The Queen’s University Medical Group (QUMG). ...
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Saturday, July 17, 2021 |
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Ethics: COVID Profiteering by DoH Employee
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 2773 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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... used his state computer and state email account to send an email to the Chief Executive Officer of a private health care facility in which he solicited the CEO to purchase personal protective equipment from a private company, M&W Suppliers ....
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021 |
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Hawaii ranks 2nd healthiest state in US
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 3435 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... best and worst ranked states closely correlate with 2020 presidential election results ....
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021 |
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Best States for Nurses--Hawaii 39th
By Selected News Articles @ 10:53 PM :: 2522 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Hawaii ranks 48th for nursing salary when cost of living is factored in ....
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Thursday, April 29, 2021 |
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HB891: Proposed Taser Law Would Outlaw Common Medical Devices
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 2928 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
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"...any portable device that is designed to discharge electric energy, charge, voltage, or current into the body...."
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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Hawaii 2nd Best State for Children’s Health Care
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 AM :: 3001 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... 2021’s Best & Worst States for Children’s Health Care ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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DCCA: Obamacare Enrollment Extended Again
By News Release @ 6:45 PM :: 3455 Views :: Health Care
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... extension of a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for Marketplace coverage until August 15 ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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Hawaii Nurses Pay #2 in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 AM :: 3425 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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... the 11,260 Hawaii RNs annual mean salary is $104,830 ....
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Thursday, March 25, 2021 |
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Stimulus Bill Expands Access to Free or Low-Cost Healthcare Coverage for Hawaii Residents
By News Release @ 4:57 AM :: 2542 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... One provision provides a 100 percent COBRA subsidy for up to six months. Another provision increases the Premium Tax Credit, which will extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies to higher-income individuals ....
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Monday, March 22, 2021 |
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SB56 tax scare could have long-lasting effect
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:02 PM :: 2560 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... it is doubtful any of Hawaii’s proposed tax increases this year will, if enacted, achieve the goal of increasing state revenues. More likely, they will further damage the economy and prompt even more of our family, friends and neighbors to move away ....
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Monday, March 22, 2021 |
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Doctors' Pay? Hawaii Ranks 47th
By Selected News Articles @ 9:04 PM :: 3271 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii has the 5th lowest Avg. Annual Wage for Physicians (adj for cost of living) ....
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Monday, March 22, 2021 |
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Doctors Tell State of Hawaii: ‘I’m leaving’
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 AM :: 9188 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes, COVID-19
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... There are few things more nonsensical than encouraging doctors to leave a state during a pandemic, but that is exactly what the Hawaii State Legislature is doing ....
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Saturday, March 20, 2021 |
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Former Hawaii doctor tells why he moved to the mainland
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:39 PM :: 5935 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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... I have a 5,000-square-foot, five-bedroom house on half an acre with a view that stretches to a river, and that house costs me $539,000 ....
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Saturday, March 20, 2021 |
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How to worsen our doctor shortage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:15 AM :: 2903 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii is down by more than 1,000 physicians, with no prospect of the situation improving ....
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 |
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Raising Hawaii taxes could worsen MD shortage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:58 PM :: 3508 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... Lawmakers may impose the highest income tax in the nation on Hawaii residents making over $200,000, and this may be damaging to Hawaii's health system ....
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Monday, March 8, 2021 |
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VIDEO: Have Medical Professionals Been Forgotten Now That the Vaccine Has Arrived?
By Video @ 2:24 PM :: 3055 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... The oversized postcard measures eight by twelve feet long is now on display at Castle Medical Center ....
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Monday, March 8, 2021 |
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Nurses at Maui Health System Vote to Approve Contract
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 3170 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor, COVID-19
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... The contract rewards the risks taken and sacrifices made by these workers during the pandemic ....
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Friday, March 5, 2021 |
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How Many Deficiencies? 43 Hawaii Nursing Homes Ranked
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 2662 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Only 5 Hawaii Nursing Homes Score Better Than 'D' ....
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Thursday, March 4, 2021 |
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Hawaii Gives 1.18 million syringes to drug addicts
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 2576 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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... And provided overdose prevention training and nasal naloxone to over 1,000 drug addicts ....
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Saturday, February 27, 2021 |
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Maui Nurses Tentative Contract
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 3011 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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... The registered nurses and other health care workers of Maui Health System reached a tentative contract agreement with MHS management just past 1:00 am HST Friday morning ....
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
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Hawaii Youth Risk Behavior Survey--'Promising Trends'
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 2855 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Over 12,000 Hawai‘i students in grades 9 through 12 participated in the 2019 survey ....
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Saturday, February 6, 2021 |
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$510K Fine for Yukio Okutsu Veterans Home
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 2776 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, COVID-19
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... During a follow-up revisit of Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home on Jan. 6, 2021, inspectors found the facility to be in compliance, avoiding a mandatory termination of the facility on April 16, 2021 ....
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Saturday, January 30, 2021 |
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Lung Assn: Hawaii Legislators Score 'F' on Tobacco Control
By News Release @ 7:43 PM :: 2459 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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“...Because of COVID-19, we are all thinking more about lung health. Now is the time for lawmakers to act and take this opportunity to achieve lasting reductions in tobacco-related death and disease....”
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Sunday, January 24, 2021 |
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Legislature Begins Session with Drugs and Suicide
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 8:59 PM :: 3267 Views :: Health Care, Life, Drugs
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... Bill Tracking at the Legislature Begins ....
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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Hawaii Best-paying States for Nurses--But Still 8th Worst Housing Hours Worked
By Selected News Articles @ 11:30 AM :: 3181 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... 33 Hours worked to afford median rent for nurses -- Hawaii ranks 43rd ....
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Monday, January 18, 2021 |
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Hawaii: Lifetime Cost of Smoking $2.9M
By Selected News Articles @ 2:53 AM :: 2689 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... potential monetary losses — including both the lifetime and annual cost of a cigarette pack per day, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs ....
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Saturday, January 9, 2021 |
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Sign up Here: Hospitals Start Vaccinating Age 75+
By News Release @ 4:55 AM :: 5083 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Health Care, COVID-19
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... Maui Memorial and Adventist Health are not waiting for the DoH any more ....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021 |
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Physician Workforce Assessment Project -- 50% Shortage in Many Specialties
By News Release @ 2:34 AM :: 3198 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Statewide, the greatest specialty shortages by percentage are: Colorectal Surgery (65%), Pathology (64%), Pulmonology (63%), Infectious Disease (58%), Allergy/Immunology (55%), and Hematology/Oncology (44%) ....
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Monday, January 4, 2021 |
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2020: A Year in the Life of a Healthcare Worker
By Joni Kamiya @ 9:25 PM :: 2549 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... being at a facility with a positive worker sparked change for me ....
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
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Hawaii Joins Democrat States Proposing Changes to Obamacare
By News Release @ 11:48 PM :: 2226 Views :: Health Care
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... the group of commissioners detailed six immediate or critical policy recommendations and six longer-term recommendations for the Biden administration to consider ....
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Monday, December 21, 2020 |
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Congress Restores Medicaid for COFA Citizens after 24 Years
By Selected News Articles @ 10:05 PM :: 3403 Views :: Health Care
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... revising a drafting mistake in the 1996 welfare reform bill that barred the islanders from the program ....
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Sunday, December 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii: Obamacare Funnels Taxpayer Money To Cover Elective Abortions
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 AM :: 2661 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...in Hawaii every available Obamacare plan covers elective abortions....
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Saturday, December 12, 2020 |
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Obamacare Sign up Deadline December 15
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1830 Views :: Health Care
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... Individual health insurance plans must be selected by December 15, 2020 to have coverage for 2021 ....
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