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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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University of Hawaii Recruits 14-Year-Olds for Late-Term Abortion Experiments
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 PM :: 14199 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education, Life
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...to determine how much they bleed during the procedure....
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Monday, March 30, 2015 |
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Best States for Doctors? Hawaii Ranks 38th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:07 PM :: 5208 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...The report uses 12 key metrics – ranging from average annual wages and salary disparities to patient population size and state medical board punitiveness to rank each of the 50 states....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015 |
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Hawaii Counties' Health Rankings Compared
By News Release @ 2:25 AM :: 5075 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program helps communities identify and implement solutions that make it easier for people to be healthy....
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
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Hawaii Medicare Advantage to Pay $120 Less Per Member Per Month?
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 4932 Views :: Health Care
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...If recent cuts are finalized, beneficiaries would face cumulative premium increases, benefit reductions of more than $120 per month....
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Monday, March 23, 2015 |
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HGEA Perreira Threatens Sen Roz Baker After Hospital Reform Hearing
By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 AM :: 9243 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Politicians
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"... you may currently enjoy the privilege of occupying a seat, you do not own it - it does not belong to you. Show some respect to the people who put you there ...."
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 |
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Hawaii Disability Roll 12.5% Growth in 5 Years
By News Release @ 3:17 PM :: 5460 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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Only eight states saw increases under 15 percent: New York, Virginia, Mississippi, North Dakota, Hawaii, Maine, Connecticut and West Virginia....
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
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Will State Borrow $28M to Fund Insolvent Health Connector?
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 11:57 AM :: 3774 Views :: Health Care
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...HHC will not be self-sufficient for at least 8 years ["if ever" adds Senator Slom]....
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Saturday, March 7, 2015 |
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Lose a Body Part? Hawaii Workers Comp Pays More Than Most
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 5627 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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...The loss of an arm, for example, is worth up to $48,840 in Alabama, $193,950 in Ohio and $439,858 in Illinois....
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Saturday, February 28, 2015 |
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Will Legislators Co-Sign $660M Loan for Evicted Racetrack Owner?
By Andrew Walden @ 7:24 PM :: 12137 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...If approved, non-profits directed by Grace, the Paradise Lua porta-potty magnate who beat the rap for the 1999 Aloha Stadium porta-potty fire bombings, would be eligible for millions of dollars to fund proposals such as the "Paradise Ohana Heart and Vascular Center, Inc."....
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Friday, February 27, 2015 |
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Hawaii Rejects Sugary Beverage Labeling, Tax
By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 5719 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...the proposed laws could actually increase obesity by increasing poverty....
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
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Rep. McDermott sues UH Over 'Pono Choices' Secrecy
By News Release @ 8:47 PM :: 8872 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
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The real question: what is the University of Hawaii afraid of?
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
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Surprise: Poorest Obamacare Enrollees Face $530 IRS Tax Bill
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 2:27 PM :: 6226 Views :: Health Care, Tax Credits, Taxes
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Also in the H&R Block report is the news that the individual mandate penalty is averaging $172. This is likely to rise in future years....
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Monday, February 23, 2015 |
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HB459 Amended: Parent's consent still needed for sex ed
By Video @ 7:50 PM :: 6563 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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"We want to encourage parents to always be the ones that are responsible for what their kids are learning in the public school system," Hawaii Family Forum's Eva Andrade said....
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
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Hirono: ObamaCare Needs MORE Snow Days
By Selected News Articles @ 8:31 PM :: 4716 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care
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...Healthcare.gov failed customers on the last hours of open enrollment this past weekend and now anyone who had problems signing up is getting an extension....
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
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House Violates Public Notice Rules for Transsexual Birth Certificate Hearing
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 PM :: 5467 Views :: Family, Health Care
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...HB631 will be granted a hearing tomorrow, Wednesday, February 18th....
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Saturday, February 14, 2015 |
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Right to Try Bills would Protect Terminally-Ill Patients from FDA Restrictions
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 AM :: 4890 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...to make experimental drugs available to terminally ill patients who meet certain qualifications....
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Thursday, February 5, 2015 |
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015 |
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NY Attorney General: 79% of ‘Natural Supplements’ Totally Fake
By News Release @ 2:58 AM :: 6017 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, GMOs
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Yet another black eye for the industry which funds anti-GMO activism....
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Saturday, January 31, 2015 |
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Wes Lo's Smoking Gun: Improvement of Medical Services on Maui Started With Fight for Second Hospital
By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 8124 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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If the Legislature fails to grant MMMC permission to negotiate a partnership agreement with HPH and MMMC goes bankrupt, this interview will be the smoking gun....
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Saturday, January 31, 2015 |
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'Right to Try' Legislation Can Save Lives
By Rep Gene Ward @ 6:32 PM :: 5422 Views :: Health Care, Life
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“The bottom line of this bill is to start saving lives."
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Friday, January 30, 2015 |
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Former charity director indicted for theft
By News Release @ 9:26 PM :: 5346 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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The defendant is the former executive director of the Hawaii Centers for Independent Living....
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Friday, January 30, 2015 |
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Slom to Feds: Investigate Criminal Hawaii Health Connector
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 8:57 PM :: 5230 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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...dishonesty and financial carelessness by the managers of the Hawaii Health Connector have been so rampant as to be criminal in nature....
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Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
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Procurement Violations: Feds May Demand Hawaii Health Connector Repay Grant
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:47 PM :: 4298 Views :: Health Care
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...We noted numerous questionable travel and entertainment costs as well as unsupported severance pay. These questionable costs may be disallowed by the funding agency....
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
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Thanks to Obamacare, ILWU Contract Maybe Short-Lived
By Selected News Articles @ 10:16 PM :: 5496 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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...if the new contract extends longer than three years, that will be a surprise to many....
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Monday, January 26, 2015 |
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HB92: Terminal Patients 'Right to Try' Legislation Introduced in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:33 PM :: 5196 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...more than 20 states have introduced so-called "Right to Try" bills in the hopes of allowing terminally ill patients to access experimental—and potentially life-saving—treatments more easily....
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Friday, January 23, 2015 |
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Improve Health Care Competition by Repealing State Laws
By NCPA @ 9:52 AM :: 3705 Views :: Health Care
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...Repeal certificate of need (CON) laws....
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Thursday, January 22, 2015 |
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AARP Hawaii Supports Caregiver Bill
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 6192 Views :: Family, Health Care
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The CARE Act will help families by involving family caregivers more intentionally in the hospital discharge process....
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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 :: 4196 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 :: 5759 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 :: 5557 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 :: 4124 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 :: 10030 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 :: 4044 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 :: 5141 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 :: 5858 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 :: 7971 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 :: 3664 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 :: 3963 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 :: 5091 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 :: 3694 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 :: 5281 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 :: 4042 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 :: 5538 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 :: 3959 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 :: 4162 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 :: 4040 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 :: 7318 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 :: 3485 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 :: 6018 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 :: 4383 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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