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Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Uses $275K in State Money to Push Soda Tax Hike
By Video @ 10:35 PM :: 6179 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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During a special premiere at the State Capitol, Gov. Neil Abercrombie and the Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) today launched a new teen-focused multi-media campaign to combat obesity....
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
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What’s Wrong with Pay for Performance?
By NCPA @ 2:49 PM :: 7017 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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Medicare will begin adjusting payments to physicians based on “the value of the care provided” in 2015....
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
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Obamacare: Hospices Declare Bankruptcy
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:44 PM :: 3996 Views :: Health Care
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...hospice care was hit by a $17 billion payment cut from 2013 to 2022. Now, contrary to all of the misleading claims, this effect is already beginning....
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
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Sin Taxes: A Questionable Source of Revenue
By NCPA @ 2:36 PM :: 4467 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...lobbyists are relied upon heavily to vie for the interests of the higher-income consumers and producers, leaving the burden of the new tax to lower income consumers who cannot afford representation....
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Monday, February 11, 2013 |
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Defensive Medicine May Be Costlier Than It Seems
By NCPA @ 12:17 PM :: 3418 Views :: Health Care
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...states that have enacted malpractice reforms experienced a mere 2 percent to 5 percent reduction in health care spending compared to states that have not....
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Thursday, February 7, 2013 |
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Legislators Study Mandatory Long Term Care Insurance Plan
By Selected News Articles @ 10:15 PM :: 5428 Views :: Health Care
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Any successful program "must be mandatory (no one can opt out), public (government-supported and managed) and limited (will not provide full coverage)," the ILWU said....
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Thursday, February 7, 2013 |
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SB639: Big Pharma Opposes Control of Meth Precursor
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 7437 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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State Senator Josh Green has introduced legislation, SB 639, to require a prescription for medications that contain the decongestant pseudoephedrine (PSE).
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Thursday, February 7, 2013 |
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NRA: Deeply Flawed Hawaii Mental Health Bill to be Heard Friday
By News Release @ 3:07 AM :: 6168 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
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Under this proposed legislation, Hawaiians would be subject to warrantless entry into their homes, warrantless seizure of their firearms and other weapons based solely on a mere “report” by a so-called “mental health professional.”
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Saturday, February 2, 2013 |
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Banner CMO to Meet HHSC MDs, Staff
By News Release @ 9:44 PM :: 5846 Views :: Health Care
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Through information technology and system design, Banner is able to make a profit in a Medicare environment by DATA driven health care....
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Friday, February 1, 2013 |
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Some Families to Be Priced out of Health Overhaul
By NCPA @ 12:59 PM :: 4728 Views :: National News, Health Care
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IRS regulations issued Wednesday failed to fix the problem as liberal backers of the president's plan had hoped, says the Associated Press....
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013 |
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HHSC Exec: Hospitals "Being Pushed to Brink of Collapse"
By Selected News Articles @ 6:35 PM :: 6558 Views :: Health Care
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"Hilo Medical Center, the other thirteen HHSC facilities, and hospitals nationwide are being pushed to the brink of collapse, given the new health reform law changes."
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Saturday, January 26, 2013 |
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HFF: Mainland Money Behind Push for Gay Marriage
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:24 PM :: 10063 Views :: Family, Gambling, Health Care, Religion
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...continued attempts to legalize same-sex marriage, gambling and physician-assisted suicide....
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Saturday, January 26, 2013 |
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CDC: Hawaii 3rd Lowest Tobacco Use
By News Release @ 11:09 PM :: 6700 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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State ranks third lowest in the country for adult smoking and second lowest for youth tobacco use....
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Thursday, January 24, 2013 |
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Health Insuance: Hawaii Has One of Lowest Rejection Rates in Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 5:15 PM :: 6053 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Hundreds of thousands of consumers have their health insurance applications declined each year according to a 2010 congressional study....
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Thursday, January 24, 2013 |
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Survey: 195 Patients in Hospitals Waiting for Long Term Care Beds
By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 6212 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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- Queens: 54 patients waiting
- Maui Memorial: 41 patients waiting
- Kuakini Hospital: 20 patients waiting
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |
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HI-5 Fraud Shows DoH Cannot be Trusted With Soda Tax
By News Release @ 9:23 PM :: 5753 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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As public audits recently revealed, it's difficult to trust the Department of Health to spend our tax dollars wisely....
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |
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Gun Discussions Should Not Be Required for Physicians
By Selected News Articles @ 2:15 PM :: 5202 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
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...who is going to be held responsible if one of their patients decides to take out some poor store clerk? Is the shooter's doctor now a potential target for a lawsuit? Can the shooter claim at his trial that he was not properly counseled by his physician?
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Monday, January 21, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Soda Tax: $1.28 per Gallon
By Selected News Articles @ 8:26 PM :: 7379 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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In 2011, he had attempted to pass a soda tax under the Orwellian title “Sugary Beverage Healthy Hawaii Fee,” but the state legislature saw through the obfuscating rhetoric and defeated it.
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Sunday, January 20, 2013 |
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Abercrombie to Push Penny an Ounce Soda Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 PM :: 6327 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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A 12 ounce soda would cost 12 cents more....
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Friday, January 18, 2013 |
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A Health Scare for Small Businesses
By NCPA @ 2:20 PM :: 6087 Views :: National News, Health Care, Small Business
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Many small-business owners haven't yet realized that the way they structure their firm in 2013 could determine their status under the law in a year's time....
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Friday, January 18, 2013 |
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Responding to Newtown
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:58 PM :: 5870 Views :: National News, Health Care, Second Amendment
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“Given the weak track record of federal mental health programs, states should exercise primary responsibility for determining appropriate mental health services, which will entail eliminating restrictions currently imposed by the federal government.”
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Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
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Study: Bag Ban Tied to 25% Increase in ER Admissions, Deaths
By Selected News Articles @ 2:04 PM :: 4790 Views :: Environment, Health Care
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ER visits spiked when the ban went into effect. Relative to other counties, ER admissions increase by at least one fourth, and deaths exhibit a similar increase....
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Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
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Obama Signs 23 Gun-Related Executive Orders
By Selected News Articles @ 1:40 PM :: 5646 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
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"Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health."
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013 |
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HHSC Exec Discusses Banner Partnership with Hilo MDs
By Selected News Articles @ 9:36 PM :: 11301 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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Approximately four years ago, the Hawaii State Legislature commissioned Stroudwater Associates to evaluate our Hawaii Health System Safety Net Hospitals....
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
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Disease Management Programs Don't Work
By NCPA @ 6:30 PM :: 6117 Views :: National News, Health Care
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According to the data, there were no decreases in emergency admissions or inpatient charges....
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
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Feds Pay Maui County Office of Aging to Keep Medicare Patients Away from Hospital
By News Release @ 6:09 PM :: 8448 Views :: Maui County, National News, Health Care
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...Maui County Office on Aging, will expand ongoing transitions efforts to reduce Medicare hospital readmissions....
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Friday, January 11, 2013 |
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Braces for the Kids Just Got More Expensive: Obamacare Tax Hike Case Study
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 11:23 AM :: 6120 Views :: National News, Health Care, Taxes
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In 2013, the tax increases in Obamacare will increasingly conspire against kitchen-table family healthcare decisions....
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Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
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WaPo: Reform Medicare, Sustain It Long Term
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:46 PM :: 4090 Views :: National News, Health Care
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The editorial board of The Washington Post is absolutely right: “Medicare as we know it is not sustainable,” and the “ultimate solution” is structural reform.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013 |
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How the Supreme Court Doomed the Affordable Care Act to Failure
By NCPA @ 7:46 PM :: 5168 Views :: National News, Health Care
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The Supreme Court's surprise ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has left many observers wondering about the implications of the ruling on the law itself....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013 |
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Defying the Obama Administration on Religious Liberty
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:59 PM :: 4788 Views :: National News, Health Care
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Hobby Lobby gained national attention when its leadership announced they would not bow to the Obama Administration’s violation of their religious liberty....
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013 |
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How Consumer-Directed Plans Affect the Cost and Use of Health Care
By NCPA @ 3:37 PM :: 3266 Views :: Health Care
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If enrollment in consumer-directed plans increased to 50 percent, there would be an annual savings of $57 billion....
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Saturday, January 5, 2013 |
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Obesity in America: Blame Trade Protectionism on Sugar
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:43 PM :: 7610 Views :: National News, Economy, Health Care
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With a new study pointing the finger at high fructose corn syrup as a culprit in America’s explosive epidemic of obesity, it is important to remember just why we are consuming so much of this commodity as opposed to table sugar....
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Friday, January 4, 2013 |
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Committee Hearings on Obamacare in Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:05 AM :: 5687 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...update on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and healthcare transformation in Hawaii....
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Thursday, January 3, 2013 |
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Insurance Company Controlled Hawaii Health Connector Approved by Feds
By News Release @ 8:35 PM :: 4235 Views :: Health Care
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Hawai‘i secures conditional approval from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate a state-based health insurance exchange....
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Thursday, January 3, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Mentally Disabled Girl Raped at Three DoE Schools
By Selected News Articles @ 1:22 PM :: 9777 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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The mother claims that her daughters teacher and state administrators not only failed to investigate the abuse that occurred on and off school grounds, but conspired to cover it up, and then suspended her.
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 |
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Hospital Systems Branch Out as Insurers
By NCPA @ 2:38 PM :: 4585 Views :: National News, Health Care
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A growing number of hospital systems are moving to start their own insurance plans, aiming to broaden their roles and prepare for the changes coming under the federal health care overhaul, says the Wall Street Journal....
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013 |
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OHA launches Anti-Obesity Marketing Campaign
By News Release @ 1:55 AM :: 5584 Views :: Health Care, OHA
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OHA is partnering with The Queen’s Medical Center, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Center, the Hawaii Department of Health, the Department of Native Hawaiian Health and Hawaii Medical Service Association....
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Friday, December 21, 2012 |
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Last Day to Participate in Community Health Survey
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 3068 Views :: Health Care
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The Healthcare Association of Hawaii (HAH) invites the public to participate in the Hawaii Community Feedback Survey.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
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Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Hawaii Scores Near Bottom
By News Release @ 2:57 PM :: 5953 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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10th annual Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report, Hawaii scored 4 out of 10 ....
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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Medicaid Incentives for Patients, Not Hospitals
By NCPA @ 1:16 PM :: 3379 Views :: Health Care
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Experiment with cash or cash-like incentives to encourage people to adopt healthy behaviors in the form conditional cash transfers....
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Saturday, December 15, 2012 |
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Connecticut Shooting: Failure of Mental Health System
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 PM :: 13143 Views :: National News, Health Care, Homelessness, Second Amendment
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“We have emptied the nation's hospitals, gutted state and local mental health programs, and turned involuntary treatment into a debate point instead of using it as a viable option to prevent tragedy...."
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Thursday, December 13, 2012 |
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Deadline for States to Claim Their Role in Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:50 AM :: 4409 Views :: National News, Health Care
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Tomorrow is an important day for Obamacare. It’s the deadline for states to declare their intentions about setting up their own health insurance exchanges....
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 |
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Surprise: New Insurance Fee in Health Overhaul Law
By NCPA @ 11:54 AM :: 5385 Views :: National News, Health Care, Taxes
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Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions....
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 |
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Study: Hawaii 2nd Healthiest State in USA
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 6152 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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According to the 23rd Edition of United Health Foundation’s 2012 America’s Health Rankings, Hawaii is No. 2 this year, up from No. 3 in 2011, in a ranking of all 50 states’ health data....
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Monday, December 10, 2012 |
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Health Care Law's Insurance Tax Will Raise Premium Costs
By NCPA @ 1:16 PM :: 5640 Views :: National News, Health Care, Taxes
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Insurance premiums could increase by thousands of dollars because of a new tax in President Obama's health care law....
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Monday, December 10, 2012 |
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Hawaii Health Connector Signs Key Contracts
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 5239 Views :: Health Care
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State-based health exchange selects IT contractor and names agency of record for research, communication strategy and public relations...
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Friday, December 7, 2012 |
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Hire the Handicapped? Hawaii One of Only 5 States Without 'Medicaid Buy-In'
By News Release @ 9:27 PM :: 6085 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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· DATE: Tuesday, December 11, 2012
· TIME: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
· PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol, 415 South Beretania Street
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Hawaii Collects $186M/year from Big Tobacco
By News Release @ 4:12 PM :: 6921 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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Hawaii this year will collect $186 million in revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but will spend just 4.8 percent of it on tobacco prevention programs....
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Businesses Cutting Hours, Bracing for Costs of Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:11 PM :: 6990 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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...every day now brings another business owner in the news talking about cutting workers’ hours or making other cost-cutting moves in anticipation of Obamacare’s impact in 2013....
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012 |
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Hawaii Medicaid Spends Least on Long Term Care
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 7078 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The spending ranges from less than 8 percent in Hawaii, where nursing home use is low, to more than 60 percent in North Dakota....
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