Health Care

...many people are exempt from the mandate, and so the IRS has to know a lot about you in order to decide whether you are in compliance....

On October 1, millions of Americans are supposed to be able to go online and acquire health insurance on electronic exchanges in the states where they live....

...average medical charges were nearly tripled among those who did not use seat belts ($11,043), compared to restrained passengers ($3,817)....

Members of the House of Representatives are scheduled to vote Thursday to repeal all of Obamacare....

a payment dispute between the Hawaii Medical Service Association and the Wai­anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center was causing HMSA to lose 1000s of customers....

...many workers will soon discover that when they earn more money, they end up with less take-home pay....

... a new-media, information age repressive technique aimed at physicians ....

Those who are implementing Obamacare in Hawaii are now putting themselves on the record predicting disaster....

When Obamacare’s individual mandate takes effect in 2014, all Americans who file income tax returns must complete an additional IRS tax form....

...block grants to community organizations and individuals who are established as trusted resources within their communities....

For the first time ever, this score empowers you to make informed decisions about the safety of your hospital care....

...Shinseki has vowed to use integrated electronic records and paperless IT solutions to make health care more efficient...there has been little progress.....

Coming to Hawaii this fall....

...as far as physical health is concerned there is no difference between being in Medicaid and being uninsured....

... in states with a dominant insurance carrier, competition and lower prices may not arrive for quite some time ....

... in many states, people won’t have a lot of health insurance choices when the exchanges launch in October ....

...the massive law that was enacted to solve the problem of the uninsured in America is more likely to worsen it....

...provisions that require any hospital in Hawaii to provide information about, offer and, if accepted or requested, dispense emergency contraception....

"There are many changes coming to medicine that some physicians might not like."

...They are now trying to convince governors and state legislators that a series of state-level “grand bargains” could produce “savings“ in exchange for expanding Medicaid....

Meanwhile ... Hawaii Health Insurance Rates to Rise 12% to 21% Next Year....

Under the Affordable Care Act, children up to the age of 26 years can stay on their parents' health insurance plan....

In a typical year, Hawaii conducts about 50,000 tuberculosis skin tests and treats 120 people found to be carrying the bacteria. The state anticipates suspensions of TB clearances to last for 120 days....

An early ObamaCare health insurance program that has been operating for nearly three years is foreshadowing big problems to come....

This award will fund the customer service call center, consumer assistance program and general maintenance and operations of the Connector through December 2014....

An estimated 620,000 Pentagon health care recipients struggle to find private doctors who will accept them as patients ....

...Please share these impacts to mark three years of this bureaucratic nightmare.... 

HB 411 HD2 and SB 1109 SD2.  HFF, HCC and HFA all testified in opposition to the bills because no conscience provisions are included.... 

"AARP opposes the appropriation of State funds for the operation of the Connector in 2015"

If Congress alters the health care law's payment cuts to doctors and hospitals, costs could skyrocket....

Hawaii Does Not Have A Single Health Care Price Transparency Law....

Emerging new details about the application process for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) suggest that applying for benefits will be an onerous and grueling process....

By 2021, 46 percent of all Americans will be dependent on the government for their health care....

The study shows that many patients believe that medical decisions should not consider financial costs but only consider health....

While Members of Congress are arguing about defunding parts of Obamacare, the rubber is meeting the road in the states....

Low-income seniors will see an estimated 7 percent to 8 percent reduction in their Medicare Advantage benefits in 2014....

The nonprofit State-based Exchange is seeking a customer service partner that knows how to service Hawai‘i’s residents, and that can bring strong capabilities that will enable a seamless customer experience....

Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors and other health professionals for promoting their drugs....

In the 1990s, insurance schemes pushed managed care and restricted networks. Some evidence suggests that insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act will be equally restrictive and paltry....

Both bills state in the preamble that the emergency contraceptive "is not an abortion pill" and "is not an abortifacient." That seemingly simple, and untrue statement, nullifies any protection that a federal conscience exemption might have provided....

The hearing was full of people who are against religious freedom.  One individual even stated that if Christians have a problem with it, they shouldn’t work in an emergency room....