Health Care

"they will repeal certificate-of-need laws"

... year to year the physician workforce lost 31 full-time-equivalents ....

...On Jan. 5, 2026, the Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed a decision memorandum to revise the Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule and significantly reduce the number of vaccinations routinely recommended for all U.S. children....

... 30 commentaries during 2025 that were first featured by local and national media ....

... Act 88 (2024), creates a roadmap for formalizing peer support services, which are defined as assistance provided by individuals with lived experience and expertise with mental health challenges, substance use disorders, housing instability and/or justice system involvement ....

... The first phase was deployed within the Hawai'i Developmental Disabilities Division, which serves approximately 3,600 active participants ....

... part of a historic $50 billion national investment to strengthen rural healthcare in all 50 states ....

... Parents enrolled in Medicaid/Med-QUEST may receive a $50 incentive card per child, once per calendar year, after a completed well-child visit ....

... Hawaii has one of the most restrictive CON environments in the country ....

... The original song is quite a bit longer ....

... The proposed rule bans hospitals from performing sex change interventions on minors as a condition for Medicare and Medicaid participation ....

... In Honolulu, health care costs 8.69% of median monthly income, 15th highest in USA.  And most of the top 15 cities have substantially lower median incomes ....

... life expectancy in Hawaiʻi declined by 1.4 years, from 82.1 in 2019 to 80.7 in 2021 ....

... new Grassroot Institute of Hawaii white paper highlights the need for state lawmakers to reform or repeal the state’s CON regulations ....

“...Without actual harm, Hawaii lacks standing to sue...."

“This is not a debate in medicine. It’s a debate political."

... The claims are similar to ones raised by more than a dozen other states ....

... a 50,000+-square-foot medical facility adjacent to the new hospital that Queen’s has already announced it is building ....

... Hawaii had the highest vaccination rate and lowest mortality rate ....

... key drivers for the increase being rising medical and pharmacy costs and growing utilization, especially in high-cost therapies such as specialty drugs ....

... DCCA Board approves settlement agreement, revocation efective 9-29-25 ....

... the companies say Paxton is seeking to cash in due to a $700 million settlement agreement they reached with Hawaii ....

... some health insurance programs don’t cover general excise tax that we in Hawaii impose on health care charges ....

"... Other Pacific Islanders: 69.6 years ...."

... Nearly half a million Hawaii residents live in mental health deserts, with just one provider for every 335 patients ....

... 31 illnesses potentially linked to the product ....

... Thousands of Kaiser employees in California, Oregon and Hawaii organized a five-day work stoppage after negotiations for higher pay and other demands stagnated ....

... Hawaiʻi ranked No. 37 for identifying students with emotional disturbance (ED) for individualized education programs (IEPs) ....

... the religious exemption rate increased in Hawaiʻi from 5.3% for the 2023-2024 school year to 5.4% for the 2024-2025 school year, and from 3.1% to 3.4% nationally ....

... "More than half of this risk is concentrated in healthcare programs, with significant exposure also in human services, environment and education. Programs serving Native Hawaiians account for more than half of the state’s politically vulnerable funds" ....

... This emergency proclamation allows Hawaiʻi pharmacists to continue providing the vaccine to anyone age 3 and older who wants it — without requiring a doctor’s prescription ....

... Kaiser workers in Hawaii joined three other Pacific states in voting for a strike, citing unsafe staffing levels and wage disparities with mainland counterparts ....

... The truth bot will determine whether your procedure or prescription is covered ....

"In the vacuum left by the Trump Administration’s chaos and politicization of science, the West Coast Health Alliance today issued unified, science-based vaccine recommendations ahead of the winter virus season."

... Judge Kim described HMSA physician contracts as, “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable.” ....

... Dangerous individuals are released all the time because there is nowhere to house them. The Hilo Jail & State Mental Hospital are full ....

"...RFK's antagonism towards vaccination programs will leave us vulnerable and children will die...."

... providing unified recommendations on immunizations to residents ....

... residents’ perspectives on community needs and access to social services, including kūpuna services, early childhood programs, services for disabled residents and more ....

... antivaxxer RFK cut $500M funding for MRNA vaccine research ....

... One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed to eliminate certain transgender medical procedures for youth under the age of 19 ....

... If you need to see a medical specialist, you have to hope there is one on-island with an open appointment before it’s too late ....

... Long ambulance response times, costly and unreliable non-emergency transportation, and insufficient insurance coverage for travel-related health care expenses ....

... Hawai‘i Projects 41,000 New Jobs by 2032, Led by Health Care and Food Services ....

... I’ve had no choice ....

“While it won’t be easy to stop all the damage from these cuts, we’re moving quickly to protect our communities."

... When it comes to healthcare in Hawaii, it is clear there is room for more freedom .... 

... easy, virtually cost-free way to improve healthcare access and quality in Hawaii would be to remove the state’s regulations on interstate telehealth ....

... While Hawai‘i performed strongly in most categories, the report identified several areas where performance declined ....

"Dr Ekins-Coward, an academic researcher, was seriously injured when her laboratory experiment exploded on 16 March 2016."