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Thursday, November 23, 2017 |
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Grassroot: Things to be Thankful for This Year
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:15 PM :: 5247 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Jones Act
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...We are grateful for your partnership in striving for a Hawaii that leads the world in individual liberty and economic opportunity....
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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Hawaii State Hospital Employees Game Overtime System
By Andrew Walden @ 2:01 AM :: 9463 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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A federal court order is being ignored so union members at the Hawai’i State Hospital can manipulate work rules....
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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Hospital Crisis: How to Use Union Work Rules for Fun and Profit
By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 AM :: 10358 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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Hawaii public hospital workers earn less but cost more than their private sector counterparts. How is that possible?
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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Hospital Reform? Randy Perreira Says "F*** You"
By Andrew Walden @ 1:50 AM :: 18289 Views :: Health Care
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..."Andrew Walden of the Hawai'i Free Press, actually called HHSC the 'HGEA job trust'"....
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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HGEA Hospital Debacle: DOH Places Seven On Leave
By News Release @ 1:48 AM :: 5456 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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...after decades ignoring the festering problems at the HGEA job trust State Hospital, AG and DoH pretend to suddenly be oh-so-very-concerned....
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017 |
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2017 Survey: Home Health Care Costs Increase in Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:39 PM :: 4863 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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...the annual median cost of long term care services in Hawaii increased an average of 5.51 percent from 2016 to 2017....
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017 |
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‘Psychopathic’ escapee from Hawaii arrested in Stockton
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 PM :: 6168 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Law Enforcement
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San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Deputies said they arrested Randall Saito, the Hawaii State Hospital escapee, at approximately 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.....
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 |
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Hawaii doesn’t need ‘certificate of need’ laws
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:21 PM :: 5122 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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...the median wait time for treatment in the Queen’s Medical Center ER is about six hours and 20 minutes....
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017 |
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Fattest States? Hawaii Ranks 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 4258 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...“Fat” is becoming the new normal in America....
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017 |
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Obamacare: Ins Div Approves Yet Another Round of Massive Rate Hikes
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 4861 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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...These rates are expected to affect approximately 34,000 individuals currently purchasing ACA individual plans....
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Monday, October 30, 2017 |
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Congress to Investigate Lack of VA Care in Pacific Island Territories
By News Release @ 9:18 PM :: 4996 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...veterans in American Samoa must travel over 2,500 miles to receive care in Hawaii....
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Sunday, October 29, 2017 |
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Brian Schatz wants to put you on Medicaid
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 PM :: 5195 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care
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“We want to make sure that people understand that we have a vision for the future.” -- Sen Brian Schatz
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Friday, October 6, 2017 |
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RU486: ACLU Chooses Hawaii to Launch Abortion Drug Litigation
By Selected News Articles @ 11:43 AM :: 5374 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii filed a federal lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration over federal restrictions that require a doctor's prescription to get an abortion pill....
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 |
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Best Cities for Disabled? -- Honolulu Ranks 62nd
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 PM :: 4197 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...According to the Social Security Administration, one in five Americans lives with a disability, and one in 10 has a severe disability....
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Friday, September 29, 2017 |
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Why is Hawaii so Healthy? Gallup vs Bloomberg
By Selected News Articles @ 1:32 PM :: 6136 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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...Gallup says it's exercise, Bloomberg says it's labor unions....
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Thursday, September 28, 2017 |
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US Senate Investigating Hawaii's Soaring Medicaid Costs
By News Release @ 11:08 PM :: 6070 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...CMS data show that total costs for new Medicaid beneficiaries in Hawaii rose from $249.1 million in 2014 to $437.4 million in 2015-a 76 percent single-year increase. Costs per-enrollee jumped 73 percent in that same period, going from $7,462 in 2014 to $12,910 in 2015....
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Sunday, September 24, 2017 |
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GOP Obamacare Repeal Deal Would Boost Hawaii Medicare and Medicaid
By Selected News Articles @ 1:30 AM :: 4281 Views :: Health Care
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...Provides for an increased federal Medicaid matching rate (FMAP) for both Alaska and Hawaii....
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Monday, September 18, 2017 |
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Report: Hawaii Health Insurance Jumps by Avg of $341
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 5601 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Only five states had statistically significant increases in single coverage premiums 2015 to 2016 -- Hawaii is 5th ....
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Saturday, September 16, 2017 |
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Hawaii Uninsured Rate Drops 4.36% Since 2010
By Selected News Articles @ 3:21 PM :: 4299 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Change in Uninsured Rate Between 2010 & 2016 -- -4.36%....
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Sunday, September 10, 2017 |
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How to fix health care in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:28 PM :: 4229 Views :: Health Care
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...foster greater competition among doctors, hospitals, drug companies and insurance companies, by simplifying the regulatory environment....
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Friday, September 8, 2017 |
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DoH Cancels Flu Vaccinations at Dozens of Oahu Schools and All Private Schools
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 4977 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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...the State can pay billions for Rail but it can't pay thousands for vaccinations....
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Sunday, September 3, 2017 |
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AG Chin Defeats Parents of Disabled Children
By News Release @ 2:23 AM :: 5298 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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...A copy of the decision, Rachel H. v. Department of Education, State of Hawaii, is attached....
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Saturday, September 2, 2017 |
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Risky, Overused Medications Prescribed Far Less Often in the Aloha State
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 AM :: 6132 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...Medicare patients in Hawaii take fewer opioid painkillers and fewer antibiotics, on average, than those in any other state. Physicians and health policy experts cite demographics and healthier lifestyles as possible reasons why....
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Friday, September 1, 2017 |
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Hawaii 4th-Lowest Obesity Rate
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 3928 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii's adult obesity rate is currently 23.8 percent, up from 15.7 percent in 2000 and from 8.9 percent in 1990....
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Monday, August 28, 2017 |
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Hawaii: Fewest Nurses Per Capita in USA
By News Release @ 11:14 PM :: 4748 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Burned Out: Is Your State Full of Overworked Doctors and Nurses?....
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Thursday, August 24, 2017 |
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Schatz: Put Everybody on Medicaid
By Selected News Articles @ 4:08 PM :: 5574 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care
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...The senator also purports to somehow raise the payment rates that Medicaid doles out to hospital systems and physicians, but how he would do so remains unclear....
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Wednesday, August 9, 2017 |
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Hawaii -- Lowest Percentage of MDs Accepting Medicare
By Selected News Articles @ 2:50 AM :: 4696 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...2017’s Best & Worst States for Health Care....
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Saturday, August 5, 2017 |
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Why a Tax on Soda is Unhealthy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:14 PM :: 5910 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii has no soda tax. But that's not for lack of trying.....
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Thursday, August 3, 2017 |
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Hawaii, 2017: 15 Cases of Rat Lungworm and Counting
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 4091 Views :: Health Care
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...This year, the state confirmed a total of 15 cases of the serious parasitic infection, which is the highest number of cases reported in the state over the last decade....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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E-Cigs Get a Second Chance from FDA
By News Release @ 4:07 PM :: 4490 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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...Unexpected update from FDA halts federal regulations and embraces e-cigarettes....
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Friday, July 28, 2017 |
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Hawaii a case study in how government can make basic healthcare a nightmare
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 4825 Views :: Health Care
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...the state-run Maui Memorial Hospital faced every problem a medical facility could. Dogged by consistently low professional accreditation ratings, it lacked specialists and had constant funding shortfalls. Patients regularly had to be airlifted to Honolulu, even for trauma care....
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Monday, July 17, 2017 |
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Hirono: I get most of my Intel from Watching TV
By Video @ 11:05 PM :: 8111 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care, Politicians
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..."Well, mainly I get my news from watching you guys on TV" Hirono said....
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Saturday, July 15, 2017 |
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How to Lower the Cost of Health Care and Bring Doctors Back to Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:22 PM :: 5571 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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...Presentation featuring Dr. Kyle Varner, former Hawaii physician....
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Friday, July 14, 2017 |
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Hawaii: 22% of Medicare Patients got Opioids in 2016
By Selected News Articles @ 12:48 AM :: 5034 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...and Hawaii is among the lowest in the USA....
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017 |
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Kaiser Takes Control of Maui County HHSC Hospitals
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 5642 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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"It has been a long journey to bring us to this historic transition"
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Monday, June 26, 2017 |
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What a Wounded Veteran Thinks of Trump’s VA Reform
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:55 PM :: 5269 Views :: Health Care, Military
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"What happened was a national disgrace, and yet some of the employees involved in these scandals remained on the payrolls." -- President Donald J Trump
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Monday, June 19, 2017 |
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Medicaid Expansion Crowds Emergency Rooms
By News Release @ 2:51 PM :: 3761 Views :: Health Care
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States that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (the ACA) saw 2.5 emergency department visits more per 1,000 people after 2014....
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017 |
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Kids Count: Hawaii Ranks 17th in Child Well-being
By News Release @ 1:39 AM :: 7108 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...families continue to offer a strong foundation for Hawaiʻi’s children, according to the 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book....
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Saturday, June 3, 2017 |
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OHA releases report on the health of Native Hawaiian men
By News Release @ 11:29 PM :: 7149 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, OHA
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...Transforming the Health of Native Hawaiian Men, a 45-page report on the well-being of Hawaiian kāne....
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Thursday, June 1, 2017 |
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Rat Lungworm: The Cost of Unintended Consequences
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:55 PM :: 8280 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Health Care, GMOs
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As case number 15 of rat lungworm disease came to light last month, my blood boils a bit because of what has happened over the last several years....
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Friday, May 26, 2017 |
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Maui Hospital: The Little Engine That Could
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:28 AM :: 6420 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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...Despite multiple attempts to stop or derail it, things keep chugging along. And come July 1, it looks like Maui residents are finally going to start getting the care they deserve....
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Thursday, May 18, 2017 |
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Controversial New VA Director to Host Kauai Town Hall Meeting
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 5126 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...5pm Friday at Kauai Veterans Center, Lihue....
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Thursday, May 11, 2017 |
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Attorneys General to Feds: Let us Investigate Home Care Fraud
By Selected News Articles @ 11:15 PM :: 5554 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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Hawaii's AG joins other states asking the federal government for a policy change that would allow the states greater flexibility to investigate Medicaid fraud....
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Saturday, May 6, 2017 |
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Video: Lingle Joins Harvard Governors Panel on Opioid Crisis
By Video @ 5:06 PM :: 5119 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...Presented jointly with PRI’s The World & WGBH News....
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017 |
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Hawaii--Worst State for Nurses
By News Release @ 4:28 PM :: 5690 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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Hawaii--Avg Annual Wage for Nurses (adj for cost of living) – 51st
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Saturday, April 29, 2017 |
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SB501: Mandatory Abortion Promotion -- Final Reading House and Senate
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:55 PM :: 6478 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Life
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The bill will have it's final reading in the House on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, during the 9:00 a.m. Floor Session. The Senate reading is also scheduled for May 2, 2017, during the 10:00 a.m. Floor Session....
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Saturday, April 29, 2017 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:51 PM :: 6108 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Life
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... MAY 4, 2017 -- ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE ....
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