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Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
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Supreme Court overrules landmark 'Chevron' precedent on government authority
By Court House News @ 3:39 AM :: 348 Views :: Environment, Health Care, Labor, Land Use, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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... For 40 years, the Chevron precedent has been the backbone of administrative law, limiting judicial decision-making in favor of agency 'expertise' ....
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Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
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Freedom in Hawaii is having a moment
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:24 AM :: 308 Views :: Development, Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... This year our freedoms were expanded with the passage by our state lawmakers of important legislation. Those expansions covered taxes, housing and healthcare ....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024 |
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Hawaii's Medicaid coverage for palliative care expected to save the state money
By Selected News Articles @ 2:30 PM :: 942 Views :: Health Care
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... the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a new State Plan Amendment (SPA) to cover community palliative care services through Medicaid ....
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Sunday, June 9, 2024 |
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Some History Behind the Newly Enacted Healthcare GET Exemption
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 546 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... House Finance was persuaded to resurrect SB 1035. It then went to Conference Committee, and it came up with a version that both houses then passed ....
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Monday, June 3, 2024 |
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"Historic tax relief that will lower Hawaii’s high cost of living"
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:26 PM :: 2522 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... Akina said HB2404 will incrementally provide Hawaii taxpayers with the biggest income tax cut in state history ....
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Saturday, May 25, 2024 |
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Bills that will ‘truly help the people of Hawaii’
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 841 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes
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... huge wins in the areas of taxes, healthcare and housing reform ....
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Saturday, May 25, 2024 |
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DoH Awards Ambulance Contract for Maui, Kauai
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 695 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Health Care
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... Hawai‘i State Department of Health awards ground ambulance contracts to American Medical Response ....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024 |
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Sue Big Pharma: State Scores $900M Jackpot
By News Release @ 12:16 AM :: 850 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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"they did not update their label”
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 |
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GET exemption could be turning point in Hawaii healthcare crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:48 AM :: 904 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... This year, the Legislature finally listened to their pleas and passed SB1035 ....
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Thursday, May 16, 2024 |
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40% of Lahaina Burn Zone Survivors Face Difficulty Accessing Medical Care
By UHERO @ 2:54 PM :: 1014 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... More than four in ten people reported difficulties accessing medical care and medications, compared to about one in ten before the fires ....
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Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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Fairness one reason to expand GET break for medical services
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:29 AM :: 1180 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... nonprofit hospitals are exempt from the GET, but small physician practices and clinics are not ....
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 |
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How Did it Happen? Legislature passes historic bills on taxation, housing and healthcare
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:31 PM :: 1685 Views :: Development, Health Care, Taxes
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... Get inside scoop at upcoming events on how good bills managed to prevail ....
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 |
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Hawaii Worst State for Nurses
By Wallet Hub @ 12:00 PM :: 1445 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii ranks 47th in health care facilities per capita ....
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 |
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Hawaii Least Drug Problem in USA
By Wallet Hub @ 5:24 AM :: 1347 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... but Hawaii has the 5th-highest proportion of teenagers offered drugs on school grounds ....
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 |
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SB1035: Legislature Passes Bill to Exempt Medical Care from GE Tax
By News Release @ 4:23 AM :: 1618 Views :: Health Care, Military, Taxes
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... exempts hospitals, infirmaries, medical clinics, health care facilities, pharmacies, and medical and dental providers from General Excise Tax (GET) on goods or services that are reimbursed through Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE ....
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 |
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Legislature on Brink of Advancing Brighter Future
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:24 PM :: 1372 Views :: Development, Health Care, Taxes
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... at least five bills strongly supported by my colleagues and I at the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii were passed out of conference committees and now will go for final votes at the House and Senate floor sessions ....
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Friday, April 26, 2024 |
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Hawaii Window Open: Student loan debt repayment for health professionals
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 1041 Views :: Health Care
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... The application deadline for the second cohort of this groundbreaking program is July 1, 2024 ....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 |
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Let’s end embarrassing tax on medical services
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:26 PM :: 1216 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... the GET makes practicing in Hawaii so financially challenging, causing many Hawaii doctors to retire or move away ....
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Monday, April 22, 2024 |
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How does Hawai‘i’s economic geography affect its healthcare industry?
By UHERO @ 9:42 PM :: 898 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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... The state’s high cost of living likely compounds these problems by hindering the recruitment of healthcare professionals ....
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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Waipahu High students, Hawai‘i Pacific Health doctors and nurses to work side by side in new Academic Health Center
By News Release @ 5:16 PM :: 1068 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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... more than 500 health academy students who will receive hands-on training from Hawai‘i Pacific Health physicians and medical professionals to support the community clinic ....
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 |
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How to Nurse Hawaii Back to Good Health
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:59 PM :: 1197 Views :: Health Care
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... State lawmakers took an important first step last year by passing legislation that allowed Hawaii to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact ....
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 5:09 PM :: 1440 Views :: Family, Health Care, Life, Religion, Drugs
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... From this point on, there will be no more public input via hearings. ...
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Sunday, March 31, 2024 |
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GET on Health Care, Revisited
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1554 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... HB 1675: GET exemption for medical services paid for by Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE ....
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Monday, March 25, 2024 |
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Leaked WPATH Files Expose Medical Malpractice at Global Transgender Healthcare Authority
By News Release @ 6:24 AM :: 1806 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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... The files, which were leaked from within the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), were published by the US-based think tank Environmental Progress ....
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Sunday, March 24, 2024 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 9:24 PM :: 1707 Views :: Family, Health Care, Life, Drugs
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... marijuana, abortion, parental rights ....
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Friday, March 22, 2024 |
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Hawaii -- Most Affordable State For Healthcare
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 1710 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii boasts the lowest percentages and costs in several key metrics ....
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Monday, March 18, 2024 |
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Hawaii Worst State for Doctors
By Selected News Articles @ 3:06 PM :: 1800 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... from the average annual wage of physicians to the number of hospitals per capita to the quality of the public hospital system ....
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Sunday, March 17, 2024 |
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Grassroot Institute Bills on the Move in the Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:56 AM :: 1606 Views :: Development, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... 2024 Legislature resumes session and Grassroot Institute is on the case ....
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Saturday, March 16, 2024 |
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HB2079 Would Legalize Child Kidnapping for Sex Change
By Selected News Articles @ 7:09 PM :: 10520 Views :: Family, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... to allow legal protections for any non-parent with sufficient access and means to remove a child of any age from their home state, and to bring them to Hawaii in the name of receiving “Gender Affirming Care” ....
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Sunday, March 10, 2024 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 1634 Views :: Family, Health Care, Religion, Drugs
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... Final House Vote on Minor Access to Gender Affirmation Care ....
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Thursday, March 7, 2024 |
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HB1675: No GE Tax on Medical Services
By Video @ 3:40 AM :: 1671 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... supporting HB 1675 as the first step in getting rid of GET for medical services ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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State Hospital pretends to make changes in wake of slaying of staffer
By News Release @ 12:59 PM :: 1423 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... DOH conducted a full safety and security review of the State Operated Specialized Residential Program (SOSRP) and Hawai‘i State Hospital (HSH) facilities ....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024 |
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Unlicensed Midwives Sue State
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 1594 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... there were no professional licenses in Hawaii before Captain Cook arrived, therefore unlicensed midwifery is 'indigenous' ....
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Monday, February 26, 2024 |
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Reports show assisted suicide continues to grow in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 PM :: 1591 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... 197 prescriptions have been written for death-inducing drugs in Hawaii since the passage of the state’s “medical aid in dying” law in 2019 ....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 |
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Executive Order: Hawaii is a 'Trauma-Informed' State
By News Release @ 1:25 AM :: 1700 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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... first, Green's task force will seek out 'traumatized' State employees ....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 |
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DoH: Exposing tobacco marketing to Hawai‘i’s youth
By News Release @ 1:11 AM :: 1319 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... The tobacco industry spends an estimated $22 million on marketing in Hawaiʻi each year costing the state $611 million in annual health care costs, $1.1 billion in lost productivity, and nearly $1,000 per household in state and federal tax burden ....
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 |
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Monday, February 5, 2024 |
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Court: HMSA Physician Contracts “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable”
By Andrew Walden @ 7:48 PM :: 4486 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... In a February 2, 2024 Order, 3rd Circuit Judge Robert D S Kim has voided HMSA, HMSA Medicare, and Quest ‘Participating Physician Agreements’ ....
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Saturday, February 3, 2024 |
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Alaska and Hawaii Delegations Seek Medicare Reimbursement Flexibility for Rural Hospitals
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 1241 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care
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... to increase the amount that hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii can be reimbursed by Medicare to perform outpatient procedures for enrolled seniors ....
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024 |
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18 Years Later State Wins Dannenberg EUTF Suit
By News Release @ 2:38 PM :: 1471 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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... contending that the EUTF had unconstitutionally diminished accrued retiree health benefits under Article XVI, Section 2 of the Hawai‘i Constitution ....
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Saturday, January 27, 2024 |
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Audit Exposes Widespread Payroll Cheating at State Hospital
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 7:57 PM :: 1955 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Labor
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"...staff’s intentional attempts to inflate their pay...."
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Friday, January 26, 2024 |
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Lung Association: Hawai‘i Earns Mixed Grades for Tobacco Control Policies
By News Release @ 5:00 AM :: 1213 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... American Lung Association “State of Tobacco Control” report releases Hawai‘i grades for tobacco control policies, outlines steps to reduce burden of tobacco ....
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024 |
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Hawaii Bill Would Legalize Raw Milk Sales
By News Release @ 1:23 PM :: 1299 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... Passage into law would take an important step toward further rejecting a federal prohibition scheme in practice and effect ....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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$4.5M: The Real Cost of Smoking in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 PM :: 1219 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii 8th highest cost of smoking ....
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Tuesday, December 26, 2023 |
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EMS lost $33M after failing to bill patients?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 1650 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care
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... City and County of Honolulu had nearly a year to prepare for the July 1, 2022 handover, but somehow didn’t get the billing contract established ....
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Friday, December 22, 2023 |
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State Pays Down Student Debt for 492 Medics
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 1307 Views :: Health Care
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... The first application window opened on September 9, 2023 and closed on October 2, 2023. On Wednesday, just in time for Christmas, 492 awardees received acceptance letters. ....
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Saturday, December 16, 2023 |
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Loss of $192M? Honolulu EMS forgot to bill ambulance patients for over a year
By Andrew Walden @ 10:07 PM :: 2283 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care
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... EMS neglected to bill patients for ambulance rides starting July 1, 2022 ....
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Tuesday, December 5, 2023 |
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PBS Wokesters Look Out for Hawaii’s ‘Local Menstruators’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 AM :: 1638 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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... a story that fused the tax-funded outlet’s search for niche necessities that require government funding with its ongoing attempt to defy science and pretend humans other than biological women get periods ....
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Sunday, December 3, 2023 |
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Hawaii to join more medical licensure compacts?
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:58 PM :: 1199 Views :: Health Care, Military
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... green-light compacts for other medical professionals, such as nurses, physical and occupational therapists, emergency medical service personnel, psychologists, audiologists ....
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