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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Disabled: Hawaii Ranks 6th for Service, 49th for Opportunity
By News Release @ 6:31 PM :: 5221 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...The Case for Inclusion 2019 Ranks States on Policies and Programs that Encourage Employment and Community Living....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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SPED Parents Asked to Sign up for Medicaid
By News Release @ 1:09 AM :: 4847 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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...Medicaid may provide a partial reimbursement for medically and educationally necessary, health-related services when required for a student through his or her Individualized Education Plan....
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Friday, January 4, 2019 |
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Government-Funded Sweatshops: No Minimum Wage for Hawaii Disabled Workers
By Selected News Articles @ 9:39 PM :: 9231 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Labor, Small Business
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...people with disabilities in Hawaii often work for pennies per hour while living on welfare benefits....
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Friday, December 28, 2018 |
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Obamacare Waiver: Hawaii Only State to Skip Reinsurance
By Selected News Articles @ 11:45 PM :: 7087 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Reinsurance programs help insulate insurers from heavy losses if they end up enrolling a higher-risk population with higher claims. Insurers can thus lower their premiums, instead of raising rates....
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Wednesday, December 26, 2018 |
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Schatz: My Bills Designed to Trick Public into Accepting Socialized Medicine
By Selected News Articles @ 2:32 PM :: 5385 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care
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...Democratic Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii said in an interview. “This is about moving the so-called Overton window.”....
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Thursday, December 20, 2018 |
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UH Study: Tweekers 15.1% of Emergency Room Traffic at Hawaii Hospital
By News Release @ 2:17 PM :: 6422 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...Amphetamine-positive patients spent more time per visit on average in the emergency department and were more likely to require medication and physical restraints....
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Monday, December 17, 2018 |
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National Report: Hawaii Ranks 13th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 6438 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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...Hawaii is spending $4.5 million this year on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, which is just 32.9 percent of the $13.7 million recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
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Thursday, December 13, 2018 |
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Report: Hawaii is the healthiest state in 2018
By News Release @ 3:02 AM :: 4927 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... America’s Health Rankings Annual Report ....
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018 |
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Whitewash: HGEA Members at State Hospital Get No Punishment for Saito Escape
By News Release @ 7:32 PM :: 7753 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Labor, Law Enforcement
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... Saito had sexual relations with at least three hospital staff members. Saito has been known for his manipulative nature, and sources say sexual relations took place on multiple occasions where he was able to obtain contraband ....
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Saturday, December 8, 2018 |
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Health Insurance: Hawaii Cheapest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:33 AM :: 5548 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...total cost of premiums and potential spending on deductibles ranging from $4,664 in Hawaii to more than $8,000 in eight states....
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018 |
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Medicaid waivers allowed for inpatient psychiatric treatment
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 5255 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
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...a milestone for our efforts to reduce the preventable tragedies caused by the lack of inpatient treatment....
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Monday, November 19, 2018 |
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Hawaii Grade C for Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Laws
By News Release @ 5:03 PM :: 4748 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii is among only seven states retaining an outdated standard requiring that harm to self or others be imminent for a person to qualify for inpatient commitment....
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Thursday, November 15, 2018 |
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Auditor Rips Health Department Oversight of Board and Care Homes
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 11:19 PM :: 5420 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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...Why is this such a difficult issue? Because care home owners 'vote' their patients....
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Monday, November 12, 2018 |
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Hawaii 3rd Skinniest State
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 AM :: 5312 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...“Fat” is becoming the new normal in America....
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Sunday, November 11, 2018 |
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Honolulu VA has Lowest Job Vacancy Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 7:16 PM :: 5558 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...Honolulu VA has the jobs filled--but its still not getting the job done....
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Sunday, November 11, 2018 |
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Honolulu VA Touts Few Improvements
By News Release @ 2:01 PM :: 5718 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...Honolulu VA Medical Center Among Worst 30% -- again....
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Friday, November 9, 2018 |
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Cost of Long Term Care--Hawaii 3rd Highest in USA
By News Release @ 3:40 PM :: 6564 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii among three most expensive states for home health aide services and for long term care in nursing facilities....
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Friday, November 9, 2018 |
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Hawaii #1 State for Viagra Prescriptions
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 5566 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Which States Fill the Most (and Fewest) Prescriptions for Erectile Dysfunction Drugs?....
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018 |
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Premature Birth--Hawaii Grade 'D'
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 4491 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii-10.4% of live births are premature....
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Monday, November 5, 2018 |
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Legislative Agenda: Oxycontin Will be Excuse to Make Your Insurance Policy Cover Marijuana
By News Release @ 6:20 PM :: 5073 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...Yes, your insurance rates will be going up, but we need our weed. You straights exist to service us. It is the order of things....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Hawaii DoE: 10% of Students Consider Suicide Each Year
By News Release @ 1:36 AM :: 7713 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...Hawaii students tried to take their own lives at a higher rate than their peers across the country....
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Sunday, October 28, 2018 |
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Honolulu VA Medical Center Among Worst 30% -- again
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 8504 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...their overall statistics are in the bottom 10th percentile of the rating scale for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, employee satisfaction, primary care new patient wait time, and mental health continuity of care....
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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The State of Obesity in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:07 PM :: 4819 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii's adult obesity rate is currently 23.8%, up from 15.7% in 2000 and from 8.9% in 1990....
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Friday, October 19, 2018 |
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Auditor: DoH 'Loses' Paperwork--Kills Investigation of PKF Recycling Audit
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 6:53 PM :: 8439 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...Originally bid at $76,400, the contract grew to $543,374—a 611 percent increase—while its scope shrank and the deliverables’ deadline were extended by a year. In the end, the PKF founder was arrested at the arport....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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DoH: Prepare Workflows for Optimal Suicide Experience Starting Jan 1
By News Release @ 2:11 PM :: 4974 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...workflows that support timely referrals and effective clinical standards....
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Monday, October 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii 2nd Lowest Uninsured Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 PM :: 4486 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Change in Uninsured Rate Between 2010 & 2017 -4.04% ....
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Thursday, October 11, 2018 |
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Obamacare: 38-state lawsuit reveals deep national divide over states’ rights, federal role, taxation
By Selected News Articles @ 6:40 PM :: 3694 Views :: Health Care
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...the case is expected to reach the Supreme Court, where the matter may be finally settled....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Guess Which Agency May Be Forgoing Millions in Federal Dollars?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5520 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Taxes
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...It is very tempting for a DOE administrator to think, “There’s no benefit for us if we do all this work because the Legislature needs to fund us anyway...."
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Pearl City: Lowest Percentage of Disabled in Poverty in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 AM :: 5929 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...2018’s Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities....
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 |
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Years Later KOLEA System Still not 100% Compliant with Obamacare Requirements
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 5:30 PM :: 5829 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...Follow-Up on Recommendations from Report No. 15-20, Audit of the Department of Human Services’ KOLEA System....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
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DoH Report on Underage Transsexuals Makes no Mention of the Child Molesters who Victimize Them
By Andrew Walden @ 9:47 PM :: 7750 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...The term “hate crime” comes up six times in the report but the phrase “child molestation” never appears....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
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DoH Receives $8M Federal Grant to Fight Opioid Abuse
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 6192 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...Americans initiating heroin use dropped by around half from 2016 to 2017. The number of Americans misusing opioids also dropped for the second year in a row, and the number receiving specialty treatment for heroin use increased....
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Monday, September 24, 2018 |
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Report Ties Hawaii Youth Suicide Rate to HSTA Grab for HGEA Positions
By Andrew Walden @ 7:01 PM :: 172677 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Health Care, Labor
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"...Behavioral Specialists described an alarming frequency of significantly dangerous behaviors exhibited by a number of students, including suicide attempts that were nearly fatal...."
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Wednesday, August 15, 2018 |
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States With the Most Skin Cancer--Hawaii 33rd
By Selected News Articles @ 4:30 AM :: 4844 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 20.3 per 100,000 residents....
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Saturday, August 11, 2018 |
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UH Survey: HPV Vaccination Rates Low
By News Release @ 2:16 PM :: 6545 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...only 35 percent of daughters and 19 percent of sons had received all three shots of the vaccine series....
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Monday, August 6, 2018 |
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Access to Healthcare--Hawaii Ranks 35th
By Selected News Articles @ 9:28 PM :: 4580 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... and Hawaii dead last in Physician Medicare Acceptance Rate ....
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Friday, August 3, 2018 |
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Feds Ask Judge to Dismiss Hawaii Planned Parenthood Suit
By Selected News Articles @ 5:24 PM :: 7869 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Life
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... Under the new criteria, recipients for grants must either follow a “sexual risk reduction model” or a “sexual risk avoidance model” ....
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Friday, August 3, 2018 |
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Home Care Agencies must apply for State License
By News Release @ 3:22 AM :: 6324 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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...Beginning Aug. 10, 2018, the Hawai‘i Department of Health will require all Home Care Agencies to apply for licensure by the state....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018 |
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Got a Fake Service Animal? Hawaii Civil Rights Commission Lawyers Can Help
By News Release @ 9:51 PM :: 5969 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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"...under both state and federal fair housing laws, a person with a disability has the right to request ... use of an assistance animal that works, assists, provides emotional support...."
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Friday, July 13, 2018 |
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HB1895: Legislators Give Tobacco Lobbyists Control Over Counties
By News Release @ 5:48 PM :: 7893 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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...This provision would block (preempt) county governments in Hawaii from passing their own laws to reduce tobacco use, including measures addressing the sale of candy-flavored tobacco products and menthol cigarettes that attract kids....
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Friday, July 6, 2018 |
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Blue Cross: Hawaii Lowest Rate of Diagnosed Major Depression
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 4858 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Wide variations exist in diagnosis rates between states and cities....
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018 |
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UH Cancer Center Keeps National Cancer Institute designation
By News Release @ 5:38 PM :: 4934 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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...Of more than 1,000 cancer centers across the country, the UH Cancer Center is one of only 70 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers in the nation....
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Saturday, June 30, 2018 |
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Hawaii ranks 24th in national child well-being
By News Release @ 12:22 PM :: 7125 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...according to the 2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, released June 27 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation....
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Thursday, June 21, 2018 |
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More Than 8 Cents of Each State Revenue Dollar Goes to Medicaid
By Selected News Articles @ 2:21 AM :: 4907 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii spent the second-lowest share of its own dollars on Medicaid in 2016....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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Special Ed: DoE Loses Class Action Suit Filed for 495 Students
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 8817 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Health Care, Labor
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...495 young adults from Hawai'i will soon be receiving compensatory education and education-related services thanks to the recent settlement....
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018 |
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New Medicare Cards are Arriving in Hawaii and Pacific Territories
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 3966 Views :: Health Care
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...CMS removes Social Security numbers, increasing fraud protection and consumer experience for millions of Americans....
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018 |
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After a Few Months of Typing, HGEA Member Scores Lifetime 'Disability' Pension
By Robert Thomas @ 1:23 PM :: 7258 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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...with 10 years of back payments thanks to a 3-2 decision of the Hawaii Supreme Court....
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Friday, May 11, 2018 |
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Pressler out at DoH
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 5296 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...Anderson will be taking over for Pressler. He has served as administrator of the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Aquatic Resources since October 2015....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 |
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Assisted Suicide: A Look into Hawaii's Future
By Selected News Articles @ 4:14 PM :: 5644 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...look to other places both here and abroad where assisted suicide is already legal....
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