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....

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

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

The Hawaii exchange is collapsing....

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

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....

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

The idea that one’s sex is a feeling, not a fact, has permeated our culture and is leaving casualties in its wake....

...many common vegetables contain nicotine....

The federal government has been withholding about $70 million in grant money, but that will likely be released thanks to the board's vote, which will enable the exchange to continue doing outreach....

In Progressive World, there are at least four stages of legally becoming an adult....

Insurer finds scapegoat--will you be fooled?

...there are around 38,000 who have enrolled in coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, but have yet to pay their bills....

The university inadvertently confirmed that its Honolulu labs had been put in the performance improvement program in records it filed in January with Hawaii's Office of Information Practices, which is deciding USA TODAY's public records appeal....

...United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings Senior Report: A Call to Action for Individuals and Their Communities....

...government has the ability to ignore market realities until systems ultimately collapse....

The complete video from the presentation at the State Capitol Auditorium....

The Obama administration had implemented the special enrollment period from March 15 - April 30 to assist individuals who were unaware they would face a tax penalty for not having “qualifying” health insurance....

Hawaii ranked fourth for senior health this year, according to the third edition of United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings® Senior Report....

The collapse of Hawaii’s state-run health exchange has observers wondering which of the other beleaguered exchanges could be next to fail....

In 1987, the federal government repealed the CON mandate, and throughout the 1980s, states began retiring their CON programs--but not Hawaii....

Hawaii state legislators have refused to pour millions of dollars into Hawaii’s exchange, which means it could close by Sept. 30....

If Hawaii’s plan is not acceptable to CMS, Hawai’i risks losing $1 billion in matching federal Medicaid funds....

Hawaii now joins Oregon, Massachusetts, Maryland, Vermont, New Mexico, and Nevada as cautionary tales in government central planning....

Regarding E-Cigs, Hawaii should defer to the FDA for guidance on this regulatory framework....

Real choice and genuine market competition could spark the real health care change America has been waiting for....

Due to the passage of recent legislation, Kaiser Permanente is preparing to submit a letter of interest to participate in the process for the selection of a partner for Maui Memorial Medical Center....

Using Vog from Kilauea to Estimate the Health Consequences of Particulate and SO2 Pollution....

Hawaii ranks 50th – Monthly Median Starting Salary for Nurses, Adjusted for Cost of Living....

Hawaii averages 6.28 hours of sleep ....

Read detailed Hospital Safety Scores for nine Hawaii Hospitals ...

Joe McIlhaney, MD is the Founder and Chairman of The Medical Institute for Sexual Health....

... But the Maui News isn't so sure it still won't be sabotaged....

House Appoints Conferees, Conference Committee to meet Tues 5PM....

"Whenever there is a new product, whether it be powdered alcohol or e-cigarettes, we want to jump on it, and ban it."

I lived as a woman for eight years....

...Exchanges run by the federal government both retained a higher percentage of 2014 enrollees and enrolled a higher percentage of new enrollees in 2015 than states that run their own exchanges....

"While tobacco use among Hawaii’s public middle and high school students has declined over the past decade, e-cigarette use has been increasing rapidly."

Hawaii's Ohana Policy Group is developing strategies and tactics to combat in-school lifestyle indoctrination....

Fifteen states are betting they can convince more doctors to accept the growing number of patients covered by Medicaid with a simple incentive: more money....

The prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults in Hawaii decreased by more than 20% from 2011 to 2013....However, use of e-cigarettes continues to grow at an alarming rate....

HB1075 concerns the creation of a public-private partnership for the Maui Hospital System....

...Hawaii State Capitol Auditorium on Thursday, April 16th @ 7 PM....

...in Hawaii, the cost to receive long term care services at home with a home health aide has increased over the past five years....

"UNITE HERE Local 5 is attending municipal public meetings and speaking directly with elected policymakers."

...an important step toward solving health cost issues as well as the state's physician shortage....

“State of American Well-Being: 2014 Community Well-Being Rankings” examines the comparative well-being of the largest 100 communities in the United States....

...details for the House Finance Committee to work out in a hearing now set for Wednesday April 8 at 2pm in room 308....