Health Care

Nearly one in five of Hawaii’s waitlisted patients — that is, those remaining in a hospital after the need for acute care ceases — have an infectious disease....

...Rough Seas for Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie's Obamacare Exchange....

...when the Bracy family investigated their options they couldn’t find any plan that didn’t both cover elective abortions and require a surcharge solely for that purpose....

"...immediately allow our veterans to use their VA identification card to obtain medical care through the private health care system, with the VA paying the bill...."

...Vanguard derived its findings by developing special software to scour online reviews on Google+ and Yelp.com websites of 46,300 individual doctors....

...6 million people have had their insurance policies canceled, and another 19 million are enrolled in private health plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act....

The problems emerging from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are deeper than corruption and mismanagement....

...Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $46 million for various capital improvement projects....

...16.0 percent of seniors with a college education are physically inactive compared to 50.2 percent of seniors with less than a high school education....

The Washington Post has inside sources providing all sorts of juicy details on this problem....

“Bad news is piling up for Governor Abercrombie’s Hawaii Health Connector."

The CMS says it will continue to be flexible with states....

"...we wrote to our congressional delegation and were told, in no uncertain terms, that we would not be able to secure it...."

Former U.S. Rep. Charles Djou, D-Hawaii, noted Hawaii’s enrollment cost is 26 times the national average, 2 1/2 times the cost for the second most expensive state....

"A recent study showed that the cost per enrollee for Obamacare in Hawaii is nearly $24,000."

Excluding Hawaii and the District of Columbia, which were outliers, the state Exchange with the highest cost-per-enrollee was Massachusetts, at $5,681. Hawaii’s cost-per-enrollee was 32 times California’s....

Here are nine of our predictions that have come to pass—and it’s not over yet....

The Hawai‘i Health Connector Hawai‘i concluded its first open enrollment period, which included a grace period that ended on April 30, with 9,785 enrollees....

...and 32,209 more enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP through the end of March 2014, compared to enrollment before the Marketplace opened last October....

The top-performing states—Minnesota, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Hawaii—lead the nation across most dimensions of care, and have done so over time....

... Queens, Pali Momi, Straub, and Moanalua all scored 'A' ....

Do conservatives still want to repeal Obamacare?  It would seem the media don’t want you to think so....

We continue to advocate for the State of Hawai‘i to remove Basic Health Hawai‘i from Hawai‘i Administrative Rules and repeal Haw. Admin. Rules Chapter 17-1722.3....

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for 38,978 adults aged 18 years or older from 6 states: Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Wisconsin....

Chairman Saiki sent the letter after State Senator Sam Slom last week received contradictory responses from GAO representatives....

Last November, this writer filled out an incomplete application for an individual marketplace plan on the Health Connector....

...Abercrombie spent $74 million of your tax dollars on building a website for his Health Connector....

The U.S. Government Accountability Office said Wednesday it will investigate Hawaii Health Connector’s spending of its $204 million federal grant....

The next hearing will convene on April 30th at 10 a.m., beginning with the testimony of Dr. Fridovich....

586 sign-ups since March 31, 2014 ....

...the cost to receive long term care services at home in Hawaii through a home health aide increased over the past five years....

It includes topics such as physical and emotional health, healthy behaviors, work environment, social and community factors, financial security, and access to necessities such as food, shelter, and healthcare....

Obamacare in Pictures: 15 charts that show the law’s effects on Americans....

The two largest correctional facilities, in Honolulu and Waipahu, both hold more seriously mentally ill individuals than are held at Hawaii State Hospital....

The biggest risk to reform has always been that the scheme would founder on its complexity....

“The State will make sure that COFA residents continue to have uninterrupted access to their health benefits while this lawsuit is pending”

Providers across the country were surveyed to determine the average costs....

...featured speakers this evening will be George Powell, M.D., Neurologist, Maui Medical Group and Stanley Tillinghast, M.D., Cardiologist, Kaiser Permanente, Wailuku....

...Coburn voiced concern—from experience—about the lack of cancer treatment centers covered under Obamacare....

The governor plans to push for a waiver....

Matsuda said Hawaii’s diverse population and geography are impacting enrollment due to language barriers and cultural outreach issues....

The Connector's customer support center staff is making more than 1,000 calls per day to reach out to consumers who have started, but have not completed, the enrollment process....

Top officials from six state health insurance exchanges will testify Thursday, April 3rd in a House Oversight and Government Reform joint subcommittee hearing....

Hawaii Health Connector sign ups still come in at less than 1 percent of the state’s population....

...Obamacare as the ultimate April Fools’ Day punchline....

Today is kinda-sorta the deadline to sign up for Obamacare....

...request for the Government Accountability Office to review the taxpayer dollars used to fund the Hawaii Health Connector....

Despite the high risk and Hawaii's inability to open its exchange for two weeks after October 1, 2013, CMS allowed Hawaii's exchange to connect to the data hub....