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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Vaccination Refusal: Study Documents Rise of Ignorance in 'Progressive' Communities
By Selected News Articles @ 11:11 PM :: 4669 Views :: Health Care
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...the proportion of children who’d missed one or more shots increased from an average of 8 percent at the beginning of the study period to 12.4 percent at the end....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Smoking is a Million Dollar Habit--and Hawaii is More Expensive than Most
By Selected News Articles @ 1:54 PM :: 6389 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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The cost of tobacco for every smoker is $1,029,646 over a lifetime....
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
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New Medicaid Enrollees: Many Need Addiction Treatment
By Selected News Articles @ 5:52 PM :: 6102 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness
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...newly eligible adults will have access to addiction treatments this year, many for the first time....
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Friday, January 16, 2015 |
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Hawaii Obamacare exchange projected to be financially viable — in 2022
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:38 PM :: 4578 Views :: Health Care
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...a new report from the Hawaii Commerce and Consumer Affairs Department shows the Connector won’t be fiscally sustainable until 2022....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii Senate Minority announces legislative agenda for 2015
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 10972 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Economy, Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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Top concerns include the state economy, education, the Hawaii Health Connector, oversight of the Public Utilities Commission in light of the Hawaiian Electric Industries/NextEra merger, and positively affecting the cost of living for Hawaii residents....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Litigation Update: the Affordable Care Act
By NCPA @ 1:39 PM :: 4507 Views :: Health Care
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The Affordable Care Act is now law, but controversy over the bill is far from over....
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Monday, January 12, 2015 |
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Study: Obamacare Drives Up Medical Costs, But Hawaii Prepaid Protects State
By Selected News Articles @ 9:33 PM :: 5718 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...five states with the lowest costs Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Hawaii....
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Saturday, January 10, 2015 |
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HGEA Boss: Borreca is an Anti-Union Parrot
By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 6488 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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All of the problems sister isle medical patients face trace back to Randy Perreira's need to keep his pathetic little union presidency job....
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Friday, January 9, 2015 |
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Last Chance? Maui Memorial Proposes Partnership with Straub, Pali Momi--HGEA Rejects
By Andrew Walden @ 11:36 PM :: 8596 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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Setting the stage as the executives walked in, the Hawaiian flag flew upside down outside HHSC's Leahi Hospital....
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Friday, January 9, 2015 |
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Hawaii to Fill Medicaid Fee Shortfall for Six Months
By Andrew Walden @ 11:06 PM :: 4132 Views :: Health Care
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Without the six-month extension, Medicaid providers in Hawaii would have suffered a 48 percent pay cut....
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015 |
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HHSC Maui and HPH -- Solutions for Hospitals' Longevity
By News Release @ 7:44 PM :: 4446 Views :: Health Care
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HHSC Maui Region Enters Partnership Discussion with Hawai‘i Pacific Health....
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015 |
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American Cancer Society Hawaii: 6,730 New Cases of Cancer Expected in 2015
By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 5629 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...It is projected that 2,470 will lose their lives this year in Hawaii because of cancer....
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015 |
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Full Text: Health Connector Releases Annual Report
By News Release @ 1:58 AM :: 4201 Views :: Health Care
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AP: Insurer reports ongoing problems with Hawaii health exchange....
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Monday, January 5, 2015 |
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No Health Benefit from Cigarette Tax Hikes
By NCPA @ 11:42 AM :: 5882 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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Smokers earning less than $30,000 annually spent 14.2 percent of their income on cigarettes....
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Friday, January 2, 2015 |
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DHS Gives Medicaid Doctors Six-Month Reprieve from 48% Pay Cut
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 4448 Views :: Health Care
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In Hawaii during this period, 1,039 eligible PCPs received an aggregate increased payment of approximately $44 million for services provided to Medicaid beneficiaries....
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014 |
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Single Payer Collapses in Vermont--Is David Ige Listening?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 PM :: 6147 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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Then-Senator David Ige was a key supporter of the universal coverage plan in 2009, but whether he’ll pick up the cause as Governor is unclear....
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014 |
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Troubled Obamacare vendor awarded new Hawaii contract
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:14 PM :: 4409 Views :: Health Care
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Montreal-based CGI Group Inc. will be awarded another year-long state maintenance contract despite the ongoing problems with the site....
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Monday, December 22, 2014 |
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Briefing: Doctors Discuss Challenge of Working With Medicaid
By News Release @ 5:12 PM :: 4630 Views :: Health Care
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Monday, December 29, 2014, 9:00 AM, Conference Room 329, State Capitol....
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Saturday, December 20, 2014 |
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Task Force: Legislature Must Act This Session to Get Obamacare Waiver for Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 4472 Views :: Health Care
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This report does not make any substantive recommendations to the Legislature related to innovations that should be included in a waiver proposal....
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014 |
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Only 3,500 Sign Up for Obamacare in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:26 AM :: 8216 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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3,500 is far short of the 130,000 cited by Kissel in a Nov 28 Star-Adv interview as a break-even figure for the Connector....
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014 |
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Feds Pay Hawaii to 'Test health care payment and service delivery models'
By News Release @ 9:41 PM :: 3941 Views :: Health Care
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...to design and test health care payment and service delivery models that will improve health care quality and lower costs....
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Monday, December 15, 2014 |
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Hawaii Teens #1 in E-Cigarette Use
By News Release @ 2:08 AM :: 6746 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Study sheds new light on e-cigarette behaviors in teens as regulators consider curbing sales to minors....
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Friday, December 12, 2014 |
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National Report: Hawaii Ranks 5th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
By News Release @ 12:22 PM :: 4963 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations....
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Thursday, December 11, 2014 |
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Obamacare Increasing Coverage, but Not Access to Health Care
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:10 PM :: 4107 Views :: Health Care
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...there’s a big difference between insurance coverage and access to health care services....
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 |
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Hawaii DoH: Significant Increase in E-Cigarette Use among Public School Teens
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 5208 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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“Evidence suggests that e-cigarettes are being used by students who are not cigarette smokers....”
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 |
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Hawaii Ranks No. 1 Among All U.S. States in Overall Health
By News Release @ 3:30 PM :: 5031 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Hawaii’s strengths include low prevalence of obesity and low rate of preventable hospitalizations; state’s challenges include high prevalence of binge drinking and high incidence of infectious disease....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Auditor: Hearing Aid Insurance Mandate Not Needed
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 4133 Views :: Health Care
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...HMSA, UHA, and HMAA now provide coverage for hearing aids, and Kaiser plans to begin covering hearing aids in January 2015.....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Jealousy? Envy? -- Carbone Statement Fact Checked by I Mua Manoa
By News Release @ 3:11 PM :: 9220 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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...In addition, there were some people who did not like the changes we needed to implement in order to create a culture of productivity, accountability and meritocracy....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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University of Hawaii won’t talk about sex education program
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:45 PM :: 8646 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
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"...researchers are asking 11-year-olds whether they’ve had sex, how many partners they’ve had and if they’ve had anal sex...."
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 |
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Leaving Trail of Destruction, Carbone Suddenly Quits UH Cancer Center
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 6437 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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In a hastily called faculty and staff meeting at the Cancer Center at about 2:30 p.m. Friday....
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Friday, November 21, 2014 |
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UH: Pono Choices Secretly Part of "Human Subject Research"
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 9401 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
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"...the Pono Choices survey instruments ... are part of an ongoing research project...."
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Friday, November 21, 2014 |
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Feds Cut Maui Co Hospital Funding, Reclassify Kula, Lanai and Molokai as 'Urban'
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 AM :: 5142 Views :: Health Care
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...will lose their rural designation that allows acute care facilities within their boundaries to receive extra payments as critical access hospitals....
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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Hawaii: Buy Obamacare, Pay for Abortion
By Selected News Articles @ 12:43 PM :: 6109 Views :: Health Care, Life
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Five years ago President Obama told lawmakers and the American public in a specially called joint session of Congress on healthcare reform that "under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortion."…
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Sunday, November 16, 2014 |
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HHSC Not Alone: US Rural Hospitals in Critical Condition
By Selected News Articles @ 7:29 PM :: 4266 Views :: Health Care
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For many rural hospitals, partnering with big health systems is the only hope for survival....
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014 |
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Study: Hawaii Best at Combating Lung Cancer
By News Release @ 1:27 PM :: 5329 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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WalletHub ranked the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia based on 11 key metrics....
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Saturday, November 8, 2014 |
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Kona Planned Parenthood Abortion Facility Loses Lease, Must Close
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 AM :: 7457 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Life
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Planned Parenthood’s Kona Health Center will shut down after Monday, November 10....
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Friday, November 7, 2014 |
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DHS Temporary Rules Maintain COFA Benefits
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 4364 Views :: Health Care
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...McManaman announced that Governor Abercrombie approved and signed temporary emergency rules that maintain the status quo....
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Thursday, November 6, 2014 |
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Curing Medicare in the new Congress
By NCPA @ 11:48 PM :: 4055 Views :: Health Care
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...continuous cuts to doctors will only reduce access to care....
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Thursday, November 6, 2014 |
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Hawaii Premature Birth Report Card -- 'C'
By News Release @ 4:08 PM :: 5930 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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In Hawaii 12.5% of births are premature....
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014 |
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Hospital Financial Crisis Brings House Health Committee to Maui
By News Release @ 5:48 PM :: 4110 Views :: Health Care
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Public hearing 5:30 p.m. Monday Nov 10, 2014 Maui Waena School, 795 Onehee St., Kahului....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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Supreme Court Upholds State's Right to Cut COFA Benefits
By News Release @ 1:16 AM :: 6063 Views :: National News, Health Care
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...a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court validates the state’s authority to determine the level of health care coverage provided to noncitizens who are ineligible for federal Medicaid....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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Project AWARE: DoE Awarded $12.7M for Federal Anti-Bullying Program
By News Release @ 12:34 AM :: 5829 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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Staff from three complex areas will receive training and assistance....
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Sunday, November 2, 2014 |
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HMSA 19% Rate Hike -- Family Plan $2073/month
By Andrew Walden @ 9:09 PM :: 8317 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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If approved, this would be the largest rate hike in recent HMSA history....
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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David Ige Decries The Healthcare Disaster He Helped Create
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 4617 Views :: Health Care
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The Hawaii Health Connector Is The Most Expensive Obamacare Exchange In The Country....
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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Hawaii health officials: No automatic Ebola-related quarantine
By Malia Zimmerman @ 6:36 PM :: 6093 Views :: Health Care, Military
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New Jersey, New York and Illinois have imposed mandatory quarantines for health care workers who treated Ebola patients in West Africa....
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Saturday, October 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii Medical Association Endorses Djou
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 5737 Views :: Health Care, Politicians
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"Hawaii's medical doctors understand the need to reform healthcare in America the right way and I am honored to earn their support," commented Djou....
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Monday, October 20, 2014 |
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Ige's HHSC Mess Gets Worse
By News Release @ 5:59 PM :: 5694 Views :: Health Care
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...Star Advertiser Editorial Slams Chairman Ige And His Fellow Legislators For Their Failure....
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Thursday, October 16, 2014 |
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Hawaii CON Limits Patients' Access to Life-Saving Exams
By NCPA @ 2:51 PM :: 4325 Views :: Health Care
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Certificate-of-need (CON) laws prohibit health care providers from offering new services or new medical equipment without approval from the state....
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Thursday, October 16, 2014 |
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Health Care: Ige’s Epic Disaster
By Video @ 2:24 PM :: 5549 Views :: Health Care, Politicians
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Hawaii Health Connector and more ....
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014 |
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The Forgiving Democratic Electorate
By Selected News Articles @ 9:15 PM :: 4121 Views :: Health Care
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... the Connector was “a creature of the legislature”....
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