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Thursday, December 28, 2017 |
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Auditor: Confusion, Discord at DoH Disease Outbreak Control Division
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 7:32 PM :: 4835 Views :: Health Care
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...we assessed the division’s surveillance and response to three disease outbreaks....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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Hawaii 70% Ready: Health Emergency Preparedness
By News Release @ 4:51 PM :: 4818 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii's Flu Vaccination Rate is 49.2 Percent, 18th Highest....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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DoH: $1.75B Needed to Replace Cesspools Statewide
By News Release @ 2:07 AM :: 5285 Views :: Environment, Health Care
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...DOH has filed a report with the Legislature identifying 14 priority areas of the state where 43,000 cesspool upgrades are critically needed to protect public health and the environment....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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After Years, State finally goes public on Rat Lungworm
By News Release @ 1:58 AM :: 6831 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Tourism
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...Tourists are attracted to places with well-known Rat Lungworm infestations. it is a selling point. Really....
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Wednesday, December 13, 2017 |
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Hawaii Ranks 5th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
By News Release @ 4:57 PM :: 4272 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Hawaii is spending $6.6 million this year on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, which is 48.1 percent of the $13.7 million recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ....
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 |
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America’s Health Rankings--Hawaii 2nd Healthiest
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 4291 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... In the past three years, violent crime increased 29% ....
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Thursday, December 7, 2017 |
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Elder Abuse: Hawaii Ranks 22nd
By Selected News Articles @ 1:15 AM :: 6944 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...2017’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections....
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Sunday, December 3, 2017 |
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Hawaii 2nd Best State for Healthy Retirement
By Selected News Articles @ 1:37 PM :: 4898 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Seniors in Hawaii are sick less often than those in any other state....
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Saturday, December 2, 2017 |
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'Certificate of need’ laws are certifiably unnecessary
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:23 PM :: 5786 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... no politician would want to get caught saying they supported limiting the number of hospitals, dialysis facilities or MRI machines for rural areas. And yet, that’s exactly what Hawaii's legislature has done ....
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Monday, November 27, 2017 |
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State's Hyperbaric Treatment Center to remain closed through February
By News Release @ 3:43 PM :: 5733 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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HTC has treated civilian divers for decompression sickness or “the bends” in Hawaiʻi since 1983....
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Thursday, November 23, 2017 |
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Grassroot: Things to be Thankful for This Year
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:15 PM :: 6046 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Jones Act
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...We are grateful for your partnership in striving for a Hawaii that leads the world in individual liberty and economic opportunity....
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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Hawaii State Hospital Employees Game Overtime System
By Andrew Walden @ 2:01 AM :: 10603 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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A federal court order is being ignored so union members at the Hawai’i State Hospital can manipulate work rules....
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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Hospital Crisis: How to Use Union Work Rules for Fun and Profit
By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 AM :: 11736 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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Hawaii public hospital workers earn less but cost more than their private sector counterparts. How is that possible?
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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Hospital Reform? Randy Perreira Says "F*** You"
By Andrew Walden @ 1:50 AM :: 19267 Views :: Health Care
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..."Andrew Walden of the Hawai'i Free Press, actually called HHSC the 'HGEA job trust'"....
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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HGEA Hospital Debacle: DOH Places Seven On Leave
By News Release @ 1:48 AM :: 6336 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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...after decades ignoring the festering problems at the HGEA job trust State Hospital, AG and DoH pretend to suddenly be oh-so-very-concerned....
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017 |
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2017 Survey: Home Health Care Costs Increase in Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:39 PM :: 5613 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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...the annual median cost of long term care services in Hawaii increased an average of 5.51 percent from 2016 to 2017....
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017 |
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‘Psychopathic’ escapee from Hawaii arrested in Stockton
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 PM :: 7049 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Law Enforcement
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San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Deputies said they arrested Randall Saito, the Hawaii State Hospital escapee, at approximately 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.....
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 |
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Hawaii doesn’t need ‘certificate of need’ laws
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:21 PM :: 5994 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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...the median wait time for treatment in the Queen’s Medical Center ER is about six hours and 20 minutes....
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017 |
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Fattest States? Hawaii Ranks 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 4804 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...“Fat” is becoming the new normal in America....
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017 |
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Obamacare: Ins Div Approves Yet Another Round of Massive Rate Hikes
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 5517 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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...These rates are expected to affect approximately 34,000 individuals currently purchasing ACA individual plans....
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Monday, October 30, 2017 |
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Congress to Investigate Lack of VA Care in Pacific Island Territories
By News Release @ 9:18 PM :: 5841 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...veterans in American Samoa must travel over 2,500 miles to receive care in Hawaii....
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Sunday, October 29, 2017 |
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Brian Schatz wants to put you on Medicaid
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 PM :: 5899 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care
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“We want to make sure that people understand that we have a vision for the future.” -- Sen Brian Schatz
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Friday, October 6, 2017 |
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RU486: ACLU Chooses Hawaii to Launch Abortion Drug Litigation
By Selected News Articles @ 11:43 AM :: 6057 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii filed a federal lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration over federal restrictions that require a doctor's prescription to get an abortion pill....
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 |
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Best Cities for Disabled? -- Honolulu Ranks 62nd
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 PM :: 4797 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...According to the Social Security Administration, one in five Americans lives with a disability, and one in 10 has a severe disability....
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Friday, September 29, 2017 |
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Why is Hawaii so Healthy? Gallup vs Bloomberg
By Selected News Articles @ 1:32 PM :: 7025 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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...Gallup says it's exercise, Bloomberg says it's labor unions....
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Thursday, September 28, 2017 |
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US Senate Investigating Hawaii's Soaring Medicaid Costs
By News Release @ 11:08 PM :: 7120 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...CMS data show that total costs for new Medicaid beneficiaries in Hawaii rose from $249.1 million in 2014 to $437.4 million in 2015-a 76 percent single-year increase. Costs per-enrollee jumped 73 percent in that same period, going from $7,462 in 2014 to $12,910 in 2015....
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Sunday, September 24, 2017 |
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GOP Obamacare Repeal Deal Would Boost Hawaii Medicare and Medicaid
By Selected News Articles @ 1:30 AM :: 4877 Views :: Health Care
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...Provides for an increased federal Medicaid matching rate (FMAP) for both Alaska and Hawaii....
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Monday, September 18, 2017 |
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Report: Hawaii Health Insurance Jumps by Avg of $341
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 6325 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Only five states had statistically significant increases in single coverage premiums 2015 to 2016 -- Hawaii is 5th ....
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Saturday, September 16, 2017 |
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Hawaii Uninsured Rate Drops 4.36% Since 2010
By Selected News Articles @ 3:21 PM :: 4960 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Change in Uninsured Rate Between 2010 & 2016 -- -4.36%....
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Sunday, September 10, 2017 |
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How to fix health care in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:28 PM :: 4841 Views :: Health Care
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...foster greater competition among doctors, hospitals, drug companies and insurance companies, by simplifying the regulatory environment....
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Friday, September 8, 2017 |
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DoH Cancels Flu Vaccinations at Dozens of Oahu Schools and All Private Schools
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 5644 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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...the State can pay billions for Rail but it can't pay thousands for vaccinations....
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Sunday, September 3, 2017 |
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AG Chin Defeats Parents of Disabled Children
By News Release @ 2:23 AM :: 6024 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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...A copy of the decision, Rachel H. v. Department of Education, State of Hawaii, is attached....
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Saturday, September 2, 2017 |
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Risky, Overused Medications Prescribed Far Less Often in the Aloha State
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 AM :: 7016 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...Medicare patients in Hawaii take fewer opioid painkillers and fewer antibiotics, on average, than those in any other state. Physicians and health policy experts cite demographics and healthier lifestyles as possible reasons why....
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Friday, September 1, 2017 |
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Hawaii 4th-Lowest Obesity Rate
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 4612 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii's adult obesity rate is currently 23.8 percent, up from 15.7 percent in 2000 and from 8.9 percent in 1990....
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Monday, August 28, 2017 |
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Hawaii: Fewest Nurses Per Capita in USA
By News Release @ 11:14 PM :: 5457 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Burned Out: Is Your State Full of Overworked Doctors and Nurses?....
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Thursday, August 24, 2017 |
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Schatz: Put Everybody on Medicaid
By Selected News Articles @ 4:08 PM :: 6313 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care
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...The senator also purports to somehow raise the payment rates that Medicaid doles out to hospital systems and physicians, but how he would do so remains unclear....
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Wednesday, August 9, 2017 |
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Hawaii -- Lowest Percentage of MDs Accepting Medicare
By Selected News Articles @ 2:50 AM :: 5322 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...2017’s Best & Worst States for Health Care....
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Saturday, August 5, 2017 |
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Why a Tax on Soda is Unhealthy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:14 PM :: 6734 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii has no soda tax. But that's not for lack of trying.....
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Thursday, August 3, 2017 |
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Hawaii, 2017: 15 Cases of Rat Lungworm and Counting
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 4591 Views :: Health Care
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...This year, the state confirmed a total of 15 cases of the serious parasitic infection, which is the highest number of cases reported in the state over the last decade....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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E-Cigs Get a Second Chance from FDA
By News Release @ 4:07 PM :: 5149 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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...Unexpected update from FDA halts federal regulations and embraces e-cigarettes....
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Friday, July 28, 2017 |
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Hawaii a case study in how government can make basic healthcare a nightmare
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 5397 Views :: Health Care
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...the state-run Maui Memorial Hospital faced every problem a medical facility could. Dogged by consistently low professional accreditation ratings, it lacked specialists and had constant funding shortfalls. Patients regularly had to be airlifted to Honolulu, even for trauma care....
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Monday, July 17, 2017 |
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Hirono: I get most of my Intel from Watching TV
By Video @ 11:05 PM :: 9232 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care, Politicians
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..."Well, mainly I get my news from watching you guys on TV" Hirono said....
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Saturday, July 15, 2017 |
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How to Lower the Cost of Health Care and Bring Doctors Back to Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:22 PM :: 6308 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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...Presentation featuring Dr. Kyle Varner, former Hawaii physician....
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Friday, July 14, 2017 |
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Hawaii: 22% of Medicare Patients got Opioids in 2016
By Selected News Articles @ 12:48 AM :: 5711 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...and Hawaii is among the lowest in the USA....
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017 |
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Kaiser Takes Control of Maui County HHSC Hospitals
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 6427 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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"It has been a long journey to bring us to this historic transition"
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Monday, June 26, 2017 |
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What a Wounded Veteran Thinks of Trump’s VA Reform
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:55 PM :: 6021 Views :: Health Care, Military
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"What happened was a national disgrace, and yet some of the employees involved in these scandals remained on the payrolls." -- President Donald J Trump
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Monday, June 19, 2017 |
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Medicaid Expansion Crowds Emergency Rooms
By News Release @ 2:51 PM :: 4287 Views :: Health Care
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States that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (the ACA) saw 2.5 emergency department visits more per 1,000 people after 2014....
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017 |
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Kids Count: Hawaii Ranks 17th in Child Well-being
By News Release @ 1:39 AM :: 7968 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...families continue to offer a strong foundation for Hawaiʻi’s children, according to the 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book....
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