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Sunday, May 18, 2014 |
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Congressional Delegation Blocks Obamacare Exemption to Avoid “Awkward Political Narrative”
By Andrew Walden @ 8:46 PM :: 8832 Views :: Democratic Party, Health Care, Politicians, Obama
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"...we wrote to our congressional delegation and were told, in no uncertain terms, that we would not be able to secure it...."
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Friday, May 16, 2014 |
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Medicaid Expansion to Cost Hawaii $326M
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:38 PM :: 4951 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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“As with most new government programs, original estimates are likely not the true full cost.”
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Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
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Hawaii’s Obamacare exchange most costly in nation
By Malia Zimmerman @ 1:36 PM :: 4324 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Former U.S. Rep. Charles Djou, D-Hawaii, noted Hawaii’s enrollment cost is 26 times the national average, 2 1/2 times the cost for the second most expensive state....
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Saturday, May 10, 2014 |
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Djou: “Obamacare’s punitive costs and punishing demands hurt working people”
By Rep Charles Djou @ 1:37 PM :: 4255 Views :: Health Care
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"A recent study showed that the cost per enrollee for Obamacare in Hawaii is nearly $24,000."
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Thursday, May 8, 2014 |
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Hawaii Obamacare Cost Tops Nation -- $23K Per Enrollee
By Selected News Articles @ 9:10 PM :: 4628 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Excluding Hawaii and the District of Columbia, which were outliers, the state Exchange with the highest cost-per-enrollee was Massachusetts, at $5,681. Hawaii’s cost-per-enrollee was 32 times California’s....
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Monday, May 5, 2014 |
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9 Obamacare Predictions That Have Come True
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:59 AM :: 2767 Views :: Health Care
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Here are nine of our predictions that have come to pass—and it’s not over yet....
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Friday, May 2, 2014 |
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Hawaii Health Connector Claims 9,785 Enrollees
By News Release @ 3:09 PM :: 4558 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The Hawai‘i Health Connector Hawai‘i concluded its first open enrollment period, which included a grace period that ended on April 30, with 9,785 enrollees....
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Thursday, May 1, 2014 |
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Feds Release Profile of Hawaii Health Connector Signups
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 6596 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...and 32,209 more enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP through the end of March 2014, compared to enrollment before the Marketplace opened last October....
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 |
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Commonwealth Fund: Hawaii State Health System Performance, 2014
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 4666 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The top-performing states—Minnesota, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Hawaii—lead the nation across most dimensions of care, and have done so over time....
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 |
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Leapfrog: Hawaii Among Top 5 States for Hospital Quality
By News Release @ 4:45 AM :: 4775 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Queens, Pali Momi, Straub, and Moanalua all scored 'A' ....
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014 |
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The New Narrative on Obamacare: Repeal Is So Last Year
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:49 AM :: 3507 Views :: Health Care
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Do conservatives still want to repeal Obamacare? It would seem the media don’t want you to think so....
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Sunday, April 27, 2014 |
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COFACAN: Advocates Plan Next Steps to Defend Healthcare Access
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 3912 Views :: Health Care
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We continue to advocate for the State of Hawai‘i to remove Basic Health Hawai‘i from Hawai‘i Administrative Rules and repeal Haw. Admin. Rules Chapter 17-1722.3....
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Saturday, April 26, 2014 |
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'Surveillance System' Looks at Hawaii Residents Sugary Beverage Drinking Pattern
By News Release @ 4:12 PM :: 4567 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for 38,978 adults aged 18 years or older from 6 states: Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Wisconsin....
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
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Contradictory Responses on Hawaii Health Connector Investigation: Pat Saiki Calls on US House to Guide GAO
By News Release @ 5:02 PM :: 3455 Views :: Health Care
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Chairman Saiki sent the letter after State Senator Sam Slom last week received contradictory responses from GAO representatives....
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Sunday, April 20, 2014 |
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Five Months Later Hawaii Health Connector Follows up on Incomplete Application
By Andrew Walden @ 5:53 PM :: 3780 Views :: Health Care
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Last November, this writer filled out an incomplete application for an individual marketplace plan on the Health Connector....
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Thursday, April 17, 2014 |
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Health Connector Under Investigation--One More Reason to Defeat Abercrombie
By News Release @ 10:41 PM :: 4305 Views :: Health Care, Republican Party
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...Abercrombie spent $74 million of your tax dollars on building a website for his Health Connector....
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Thursday, April 17, 2014 |
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GAO to investigate Hawaii’s Obamacare exchange
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:35 PM :: 3929 Views :: Health Care
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office said Wednesday it will investigate Hawaii Health Connector’s spending of its $204 million federal grant....
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 |
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Over 60 Staff Positions Vacant at Hawaii State Hospital
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 3415 Views :: Health Care
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The next hearing will convene on April 30th at 10 a.m., beginning with the testimony of Dr. Fridovich....
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 |
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014 |
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Genworth 2014 Annual Cost of Care Survey: At Home Care Costs Increase in Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:29 PM :: 3530 Views :: Health Care
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...the cost to receive long term care services at home in Hawaii through a home health aide increased over the past five years....
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Ranks 8th in Wellbeing
By News Release @ 5:22 PM :: 4062 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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It includes topics such as physical and emotional health, healthy behaviors, work environment, social and community factors, financial security, and access to necessities such as food, shelter, and healthcare....
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Sunday, April 13, 2014 |
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Notorious Hilo Dentist Licensed Thanks to Schatz, Baker, Oakland
By Selected News Articles @ 4:31 PM :: 11528 Views :: Health Care
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"Teeth are teeth." -- Rep Brian Schatz
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Friday, April 11, 2014 |
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The Charts Obama Doesn't Want You to See
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:09 AM :: 3435 Views :: Health Care
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Obamacare in Pictures: 15 charts that show the law’s effects on Americans....
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 |
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Hawaii: More Mentally Ill in Jails than in State Hospital
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 7940 Views :: Health Care, Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement
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The two largest correctional facilities, in Honolulu and Waipahu, both hold more seriously mentally ill individuals than are held at Hawaii State Hospital....
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014 |
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Why Is ObamaCare a Rube Goldberg Contraption?
By John Goodman @ 3:45 PM :: 3660 Views :: Health Care
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The biggest risk to reform has always been that the scheme would founder on its complexity....
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014 |
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AG: Hawaii Will Continue to Provide COFA Benefits
By Selected News Articles @ 11:28 PM :: 6190 Views :: Health Care
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“The State will make sure that COFA residents continue to have uninterrupted access to their health benefits while this lawsuit is pending”
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Monday, April 7, 2014 |
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Honolulu 15th Most Expensive Long Term Care
By News Release @ 11:06 PM :: 5226 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Providers across the country were surveyed to determine the average costs....
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Monday, April 7, 2014 |
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Maui Doctors Speak up on Obamacare
By News Release @ 8:02 PM :: 3700 Views :: Health Care
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...featured speakers this evening will be George Powell, M.D., Neurologist, Maui Medical Group and Stanley Tillinghast, M.D., Cardiologist, Kaiser Permanente, Wailuku....
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Monday, April 7, 2014 |
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All Those Obamacare Stories You Told Us Were Untrue
By News Release @ 5:53 AM :: 4251 Views :: Health Care
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...Coburn voiced concern—from experience—about the lack of cancer treatment centers covered under Obamacare....
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Sunday, April 6, 2014 |
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Hawaii to be First State to Dump Obamacare Health Exchange?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 7350 Views :: Health Care
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The governor plans to push for a waiver....
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Friday, April 4, 2014 |
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‘Diverse’ population cited as factor in Hawaii’s failing health exchange
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:53 AM :: 3222 Views :: Health Care
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Matsuda said Hawaii’s diverse population and geography are impacting enrollment due to language barriers and cultural outreach issues....
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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Hawai’i Health Connector Signs Up Only 7,861 People in 6 Months
By News Release @ 10:28 PM :: 4031 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The Connector's customer support center staff is making more than 1,000 calls per day to reach out to consumers who have started, but have not completed, the enrollment process....
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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US House Examining ObamaCare’s Problem-Filled Hawaii Exchange at Hearing Thursday
By News Release @ 6:20 PM :: 3479 Views :: Health Care
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Top officials from six state health insurance exchanges will testify Thursday, April 3rd in a House Oversight and Government Reform joint subcommittee hearing....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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Hawaii’s troubled health-care exchange draws congressional attention
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:08 PM :: 3557 Views :: Health Care
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Hawaii Health Connector sign ups still come in at less than 1 percent of the state’s population....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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The Joke's on Us
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:49 AM :: 3751 Views :: Health Care
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...Obamacare as the ultimate April Fools’ Day punchline....
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Monday, March 31, 2014 |
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Where You Can Buy Health Insurance After Today
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:46 AM :: 3352 Views :: Health Care
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Today is kinda-sorta the deadline to sign up for Obamacare....
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Friday, March 28, 2014 |
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Slom to GAO: Audit the Hawaii Health Connector
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 5:22 PM :: 4650 Views :: Health Care
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...request for the Government Accountability Office to review the taxpayer dollars used to fund the Hawaii Health Connector....
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Friday, March 28, 2014 |
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Feds: Hawaii Health Connector Clients at 'High Risk' for Identity Theft
By News Release @ 6:57 AM :: 5390 Views :: Health Care
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Despite the high risk and Hawaii's inability to open its exchange for two weeks after October 1, 2013, CMS allowed Hawaii's exchange to connect to the data hub....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Hawaii Disconnector? Only 350 Sign Up for Obamacare With One Week to Go
By News Release @ 4:45 PM :: 5082 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...350 individuals and 17 businesses last week signed up for the Hawaii Health Connector with one week to go....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Study: Over 145,000 'Underinsured' in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 5281 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...in households spending a high share of their income on medical care....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Obama Administration: We Never Mean a Word We Say
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:52 AM :: 3501 Views :: Health Care
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There was no delay…until there was. The Washington Post reported last night that March 31 is not, in fact, the final word....
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014 |
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Forced to Burn All its Federal Money, Health Connector Puts out RFP
By News Release @ 11:49 PM :: 4056 Views :: Health Care
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The Hawaii Health Connector seeks proposals from qualified bidders to provide professional marketing and communication services....
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014 |
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Healthcare Insurers Poised to Gouge Consumers and Providers Alike?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 3598 Views :: Health Care
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...consumers could see double-digit price hikes next year in states that fail to draw large numbers of [ACA] enrollees for 2014....
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014 |
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INFOGRAPHIC: What Exactly This Hobby Lobby Case Is About
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:54 PM :: 3651 Views :: Health Care
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Today at the Supreme Court, some courageous Americans are standing up to Obamacare’s trampling of religious freedom....
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014 |
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Connector Celebrates 4th Anniversary of Health Care Law, Urges Consumers to Apply
By News Release @ 1:56 AM :: 3788 Views :: Health Care
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Hawai‘i Health Connector is urging individuals and families to submit applications for health care coverage in a final push before the March 31 deadline....
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Monday, March 24, 2014 |
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Beyond Obamacare: Solving Hawaii's Healthcare Cost Problem
By Selected News Articles @ 9:38 PM :: 5026 Views :: Health Care
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Lloyd Lim details the pitfalls of organizing a 'Single Payer' healthcare insurance system in just one state....
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Monday, March 24, 2014 |
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A Timeline of Obamacare Delays in Pictures
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:10 AM :: 3634 Views :: Health Care
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Obamacare is now four years old. But unlike most 4-year-olds, it still can’t walk on its own....
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Friday, March 21, 2014 |
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Hawaii Health Connector: Only 23 Employers Applied March 1-15
By News Release @ 10:32 PM :: 3986 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Only 5,394 enrollments in the individual marketplace....
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Friday, March 21, 2014 |
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Hawaii lawmaker calls for federal investigation into Obamacare spending
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:10 PM :: 3552 Views :: Health Care
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“The lack of transparency regarding the grant expenditure requirements prompts this request for information and documentation”
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Friday, March 21, 2014 |
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Have You Saved $2,500 Lately?
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:39 AM :: 3155 Views :: Health Care
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President Obama recently admitted that Obamacare will cause some Americans to lose their doctors....
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