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Sunday, November 1, 2015
40,000 Hawaii Obamacare Enrollees Have to Start All Over with Feds
By News Release @ 2:07 AM :: 4352 Views :: Health Care

Hawaii residents can go directly to Healthcare.gov or call toll free 1(800) 318-2596 to find a suitable plan and can enroll through January 31, 2016....

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Monday, October 26, 2015
Hawaii Health Department Vulnerable to Waste and Abuse
By NCPA @ 12:30 PM :: 5780 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care

An investigation by Hawaii's state auditor into the state's Department of Health....

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Friday, October 23, 2015
State, Kaiser Begin Maui Hospital Negotiations
By News Release @ 7:32 PM :: 7045 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor

"The state will negotiate in good faith to secure the best possible outcome for our citizens and for employees of the facilities involved,” said Gov. David Ige....

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Keeping Track of Sex-Ed in DoE Classrooms
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 2:05 PM :: 8607 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care

The new policy also requires that a description of the curriculum used by the school to be made available to parents before instruction starts....

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Saturday, October 17, 2015
Labor Market Effects: Obamacare vs Hawaii Prepaid Health Care
By NCPA @ 12:15 PM :: 6971 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor

...0.5 to 1 percentage point increase in the part-time fraction in high-uninsurance states relative to low-uninsurance states....

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Friday, October 16, 2015
Federal Report: Hawaii Obamacare Exchange has Returned no Unspent Money
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 12:13 PM :: 4582 Views :: Health Care

Hawaii, which is in the process of closing out its exchange, received $205,342,270....

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Thursday, October 8, 2015
Obamacare: 30% of Large Employer Plans Hit by Cadillac Tax
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 4931 Views :: Health Care, Labor

New Study Finds Excise Tax is Having Significant Impact on U.S. Employers ....

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
New Assisted Suicide Law Could Especially Hurt the Poor
By Selected News Articles @ 2:02 PM :: 5621 Views :: Health Care, Life
“You read about Oregon denying someone a lung transplant, but, ‘Here, you can you have these pills.’”
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Obamacare Rate Hikes Approved: 27% HMSA, 34% Kaiser
By News Release @ 2:34 AM :: 5346 Views :: Health Care

... factors were “pent up demand” for services sought by previously uninsured individuals, transitional plans and previously low penalties for ignoring ACA’s individual mandate keeping healthy populations out of the marketplace, high cost specialty drugs, and ACA taxes and fees ....

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Sunday, October 4, 2015
These Democrats Who Voted For Obamacare Are Now Desperate To Change It
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 AM :: 6737 Views :: Democratic Party, Health Care, Labor

Now 41 of them say it has a major flaw that needs to be changed....

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Video: House Investigates Hawaii Obamacare Exchange
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 11:55 PM :: 4341 Views :: Health Care

Witnesses from six states - California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Oregon – attended the hearing....

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Feds Demand their Money Back from Dysfunctional Hawaii Medicaid Fraud Unit
By News Release @ 1:40 PM :: 6769 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement

...reimbursing OIG for Federal financial participation claimed for costs related to investigations of ineligible cases, to misplaced equipment, and to unallowable costs for equipment....

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Monday, September 28, 2015
Analysis: Hawaii First State to Seek Obamacare Waiver
By Selected News Articles @ 10:20 PM :: 7233 Views :: Health Care

...On September 9 Hawaii became the first state to post a draft waiver proposal for public comment....

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Friday, September 25, 2015
Mazie Hirono, Bernie Sanders Denounce Obamacare Cadillac Tax
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 5088 Views :: Health Care

“The Cadillac tax is a harmful provision that would affect one in four employers,” Hirono said....

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Thursday, September 24, 2015
Tsutsui: Ige Should Consider Halting Maui Hospital Negotiations
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 6482 Views :: Health Care, Labor

"...I believe that we should not rush to complete a deal...."

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Kaiser Selected to Operate Maui Memorial Hospital
By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 6354 Views :: Maui County, Health Care

Act 103 authorized Maui Region to transfer its facilities to a new entity as a way to mitigate future budget deficits....

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015
'Natural' Supplements Sold in Hawaii Recalled -- 'Could be Lethal'
By Selected News Articles @ 7:12 PM :: 6342 Views :: Health Care, GMOs

Using these products for more than a month could be lethal....

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015
DoH Releases Master Plan for Mental Hospital
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 4505 Views :: Health Care

The Hawaii State Hospital in Kaneohe for more than a decade has been challenged with overcrowded patient conditions....

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Monday, September 21, 2015
Diabetes Rates Increase in Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:05 PM :: 5077 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

But Hawaii has 3rd lowest obesity rates....

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Monday, September 21, 2015
Feds Coming for 14th Annual CNHA Confab
By News Release @ 4:58 PM :: 5652 Views :: Akaka Bill, Health Care

President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Visits Hawaii for the First Time....

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Sunday, September 20, 2015
Feds Rate Hawaii Health Insurance Plans
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 4795 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...health plans are rated based on performance and quality of care....

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Friday, September 18, 2015
Report Finds Hawaii’s Obamacare Exchange Wasted At Least $11 Million
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 1:43 AM :: 4573 Views :: Health Care

Hawaii Health Connector failed to select the most qualified vendor for the best price, awarded a flawed, poorly written contract, and failed to monitor the contract....

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Thursday, September 17, 2015
Report: Challenges Facing Hawaii 40 Years After the Prepaid Health Care Act
By News Release @ 2:38 AM :: 6201 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...premiums are expected to rise further as a result of various Affordable Care Act-related fees....

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Hawaii Hits Residents with Wave of New Bans
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 PM :: 7163 Views :: Environment, Health Care, Law Enforcement
“There is absolutely no reason to ban e-cigarettes”
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Study: Hawaii Ranks 4th in Safer Sex
By News Release @ 3:44 AM :: 5120 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...ranking states on two measures of safer sex: sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and contraception across eight (8) indicators....

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Sexually Active High Schoolers Without Birth Control—Hawaii Ranks 7th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 6806 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

CDC Youth Behavior Risk Survey data ....

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Monday, September 14, 2015
Video: Why are there so few doctors in Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:01 PM :: 5072 Views :: Health Care

...guest host Joe Kent speaks with physician Kyle Varner about the shortage of doctors in the Aloha state....

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Saturday, September 12, 2015
Obamacare Waiver: Ige Plans Statewide Hearings
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 4586 Views :: Health Care

...statewide public briefings on three health care initiatives meant to improve insurance coverage, health care access, and coordination of care....

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Saturday, September 12, 2015
Report: Meth use among older Hawaii adults nearly doubles
By News Release @ 12:47 AM :: 6524 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs

For adults 18 to 49 years, methamphetamine was the most frequently reported primary substance at the time of admission (42% - 50%)....

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Thursday, September 10, 2015
'Smart911' Gives Your Profile to Emergency Responders
By News Release @ 6:40 PM :: 5626 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care

Public Safety Officials Encourage Residents to Create a Safety Profile with New Service....

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Thursday, September 10, 2015
Hawaii 4th Best State to Have a Baby
By Selected News Articles @ 12:36 AM :: 4874 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

Our data set includes such metrics as delivery costs, average annual infant-care costs, the per-capita number of midwives and OB-GYNs, and the per-capita number of child care centers....

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Monday, September 7, 2015
Autism: Federal Judge Orders DoE to Pay for Special Education in Private Schools
By Selected News Articles @ 2:38 PM :: 6638 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care

It should thwart DOE attempts to yank students out of private placements while hearings are in progress....

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Saturday, September 5, 2015
Statewide immunization rates for HPV lagging
By News Release @ 6:10 PM :: 5155 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

Only 34% of females and 15% of males in Hawai'i have been fully immunized....

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Auditor: Hawaii Health Connector Sent $21.6M to a House in Virginia
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 5:23 PM :: 5696 Views :: Health Care

Mansha Consulting LLC was established in 2011 and operated out of a single-family home in Virginia....

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Saturday, August 29, 2015
Feds Secretly Threaten to Revoke UH Manoa Biolab Permits
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 PM :: 6204 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education

...“widespread regulatory non-compliance” and "a serious disregard" for regulations for security, biosafety, incident response and training....

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Monday, August 17, 2015
Failed Obamacare State Exchange May Cost Taxpayers Millions More
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 4:35 PM :: 5185 Views :: Health Care

Reports on the cost vary, with estimates as low as $2 million and as high as $20 million....

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Saturday, August 15, 2015
Maui's New Public-Private Partnerships--Panel Discussion on Possibilities and Challenges Ahead
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:02 PM :: 7235 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
Mayor Alan Arakawa
Dr. David Ulin of Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Nicole Apoliona of the Kula Hospital, Maui
Dr. Gerard Livaudais, of Hawaii Pacific Health
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Monday, August 10, 2015
Healthy, Affordable Retirement? Honolulu Ranks Near the Bottom
By News Release @ 6:35 PM :: 6838 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living

Seattle is the best city in the United States for healthy retirement living, with Minneapolis-St. Paul, Denver, Portland (Oregon) and Hartford rounding out the top five....

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Sunday, August 9, 2015
Hawaii Praised for Cancer-Fighting Public Policies
By News Release @ 12:54 AM :: 5100 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality....

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Sunday, August 9, 2015
Ige to hear Testimony on Maui Memorial Partnership Plan Tuesday
By Selected News Articles @ 12:40 AM :: 6973 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
Maui Waena Intermediate School – Kahului
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
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Friday, August 7, 2015
CDC Report Claims Hawaii Schools' Early Starting Time Makes Kids Fat Drunks
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 6200 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...The percentage of schools with 8:30 a.m. or later start times varied greatly by state, ranging from 0% in Hawaii....

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Thursday, August 6, 2015
UPW Sues to Block HHSC Hospital Privatization
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 8424 Views :: Health Care, Labor

The UPW complaint alleges that the legislation violates the contract clause of the United States Constitution by impairing the contract between UPW and the State....

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Thursday, July 30, 2015
Auditor: Lack of Procurement Controls Exposes Health Department to Waste and Abuse
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:21 PM :: 5970 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care

Department provides little support for and minimal oversight of staff involved in procurements....

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Saturday, July 18, 2015
Lawsuit: Kaiser Barely Pays for Medevac
By Selected News Articles @ 2:36 PM :: 5380 Views :: Health Care

...Kaiser policy said it would cover 80 percent of the cost of medically necessary emergency transportation services, Kaiser denied most of it, leaving him with a $36,000 balance due....

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Friday, July 17, 2015
Report: 154,000 Senior Caregivers in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 5769 Views :: Family, Health Care

Family caregivers in Hawaii provided 144 million hours of care – worth an estimated $2.1 billion....

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Sunday, June 28, 2015
Health Dep't Taking Action to Reduce New HIV Cases in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 8254 Views :: Family, Health Care, Drugs

Approximately 85 percent of HIV cases in Hawaii occur in men....

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Thursday, June 25, 2015
NYT: Obamacare Ruling May Have Just Killed State-Based Exchanges
By Selected News Articles @ 5:01 PM :: 4737 Views :: Health Care

The Hawaii exchange is collapsing....

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Kaiser: King v. Burwell will not Affect Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 5242 Views :: Health Care

The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by the end of June in King v. Burwell....

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Monday, June 22, 2015
Ouch! Mounting Medicare Cuts Hurt Hawaii Hospitals
By News Release @ 6:59 PM :: 4478 Views :: Health Care

HHIC Insights Medicare report illustrates the impact of the numerous Medicare payment cuts to Hawaii’s hospitals and how it would be potentially exacerbated by additional cuts proposed by Congress....

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Monday, June 15, 2015
Is "Safe-Sex" Education the Reason Behind the Drop in Abortion in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:41 AM :: 7775 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care

Laurie Temple Field, a former associate of the ACLU and now a representative for Hawaii Planned Parenthood, lost no time....

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