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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Homeless Medical Respite Fills up in One Month
By News Release @ 4:52 AM :: 1584 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Homelessness
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... 13 total intakes, 3 patient discharges, and a total of 189 unduplicated shower uses from members of the surrounding community during the first month of project operation ....
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Sunday, June 25, 2023 |
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DoH Publishes Red Hill Exposure Assessment
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 2090 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Health Care, Military
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... Report summarizes potential chemical exposure to residents from 2021 jet fuel exposure ....
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Sunday, June 25, 2023 |
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Happy Day for Hawaii Healthcare
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:00 PM :: 2215 Views :: Health Care
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... physicians from around the country will enjoy an expedited path to licensure in our state ....
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Friday, June 23, 2023 |
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Hawaii Tops Health Rankings Again
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 286 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... but Hawaii is among the worst states in terms of women receiving early prenatal care ....
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Saturday, June 17, 2023 |
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How Grassroot Institute is working for a better Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:16 PM :: 1984 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes
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... Grassroot Institute “actually proposed 15 model bills this year that were introduced and got one across the finish line, which was the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact” ....
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023 |
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Some gems amid Legislature’s overspending?
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:25 PM :: 1912 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... two bills that would improve Hawaii’s economy ....
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Saturday, June 3, 2023 |
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New video says telehealth calls with mainland docs should be allowed
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:23 PM :: 1717 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... The ban on teleconferencing with mainland doctors was lifted during the COVID-19 crisis, but should be lifted permanently ....
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Friday, June 2, 2023 |
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Tripler Culture and Malpractice: Contrasting military medical centers and private hospitals
By Selected News Articles @ 10:50 PM :: 2257 Views :: Health Care, Military
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... Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, has paid out over $108 million since 1997 due to malpractice settlements and verdicts ....
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Sunday, May 28, 2023 |
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GET on Health Care
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2173 Views :: Health Care, Military, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... One of the bills in this past legislative session that fell to the cutting room floor when it probably shouldn’t have was Senate Bill 1035, which would have exempted medical services provided by health care providers if the services were paid for by Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE ....
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Thursday, May 25, 2023 |
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Surgeon General Warning: Social Media a profound risk to mental health of children
By News Release @ 3:12 AM :: 1990 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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"... urgently take action to create safe and healthy digital environments that minimize harm and safeguard children’s and adolescents’ mental health ...."
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Sunday, May 21, 2023 |
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A short list for the governor
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:32 AM :: 2065 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... use his line-item veto power to trim back this massive spending overreach, including the $200 million “slush fund” ...
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Saturday, May 20, 2023 |
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VIDEO: Why Hawaii might soon have more doctors
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:01 PM :: 1776 Views :: Health Care
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... SB674 awaiting the signature of Gov. Josh Green would allow physicians from other states to more easily practice here ....
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Monday, May 15, 2023 |
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Hawaii Alzheimer's Patient Count Expected to Increase 20%
By Selected News Articles @ 5:19 AM :: 1918 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... States Where Alzheimer's Is Expected to Soar by 2025 ....
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Saturday, May 13, 2023 |
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‘One step forward, one step back’ was Legislature’s MO
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:59 PM :: 1981 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Small Business
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... the Legislature approved a bill authorizing the state to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which will help alleviate the state’s doctor shortage, but shelved other licensure compact bills that would have applied to nurses and other healthcare professionals. It also failed to exempt medical services from the state’s general excise tax ....
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023 |
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Worst State for Nurses -- Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 8:00 PM :: 2182 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Annual Nursing Salary When Adjusted for Cost of Living ....
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Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
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$18M to Keep Kona Hospital on Life Support
By News Release @ 8:21 PM :: 2221 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care
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... toward upgrades to infrastructure to mitigate the risk of the hospital's closure ....
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Friday, April 14, 2023 |
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HB1255: Crunch Time for West Maui Hospital
By News Release @ 6:43 AM :: 2178 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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... HB1255 and SB1476 in support of $20 million Special Purpose Revenue Bond (SPRB) for West Maui Hospital ....
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023 |
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DoH Releases Hawai‘i Youth Risk Behavior Survey
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 2455 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Drugs
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... Topics covered in the survey include unintentional injuries and violence; tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use; sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy; protective factors; mental health and suicide; dietary behaviors; and physical activity ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Three reasons why Hawaii's healthcare is in trouble
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:06 AM :: 1905 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... three reasons: the state general excise tax, Hawaii's occupational licensure laws and the state's medical certificate-of-need laws ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Update Hawaii licensing laws to attract more doctors
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:05 AM :: 1870 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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... medical professionals have found Hawaii to be an increasingly uninviting place to practice ....
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
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Maui Physician Charged with Unlawful Distribution of Hydrocodone
By News Release @ 6:13 PM :: 1774 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Drugs
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... in June 2022, an undercover agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) sought an appointment with Boulange, posing as a new patient seeking a prescription of opioids ....
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023 |
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After 42 Years Hawaii Finally Compliant with “Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services”
By News Release @ 10:59 PM :: 1805 Views :: Health Care
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... Hawai‘i has joined the rest of the nation in implementing sweeping changes that enable residents with disabilities and older adults to live and participate fully in their communities ....
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Monday, March 20, 2023 |
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Hawaii Worst State for Doctors
By Selected News Articles @ 10:54 PM :: 2175 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Hawaii ranks 51st ....
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Sunday, March 19, 2023 |
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Abortion Bill Clears Final House Committee
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:09 PM :: 1977 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... SB1SD2 added language (over 40 pages) to protect medical providers that perform abortions ....
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Thursday, February 23, 2023 |
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New report urges licensure reform to boost ranks of medical workers
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:52 AM :: 1895 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says making it easier for qualified medical professionals to practice here would improve healthcare access ....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023 |
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Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act Keeps Employer Insurance Costs High
By Selected News Articles @ 3:26 AM :: 2011 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... This can make it very difficult for Hawaii employers to offer HDHPs to their employees ....
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Saturday, February 18, 2023 |
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Legislative Week in Review: Abortion, Drugs, Suicide
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 6:14 PM :: 2138 Views :: Health Care, Life, Drugs
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... Hawaii Legislators' cradle-to-grave plan for your life ....
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Thursday, February 16, 2023 |
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DoH: Hawaii among highest hepatitis B death rates nationwide
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 1594 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... In 2019, the rate for Hawaiʻi (1.17 per 100,000) was almost three times the national rate (0.42 per 100,000) ....
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023 |
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Hawaii medical excise tax affecting patient care, physicians say
By Selected News Articles @ 4:54 AM :: 1712 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... A Hawaii resident diagnosed with breast cancer could not find a physician to treat her ....
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 |
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Bills would remove GET for medical services
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:35 PM :: 881 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... Legislators have introduced multiple bills in the 2023 legislative session that seek to remove the GET for medical services in Hawaii, either wholly or in part. They include ....
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 |
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Hawaii leads in pharmacist-prescribed birth control
By News Release @ 3:15 PM :: 1529 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... In 2017, Hawaii became the sixth state to extend pharmacist prescriptive authority to contraception ....
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Tuesday, January 31, 2023 |
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New report makes case for exempting medical services from Hawaii's GET
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:57 AM :: 1437 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... removing the tax would lower medical costs and help alleviate the state's doctor shortage ....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023 |
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Proposed Hawaii State Privacy Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 AM :: 1748 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Small Business
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... Hawaii lawmakers introducing consumer privacy bills and biometric privacy bills ....
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Thursday, January 19, 2023 |
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Sister Isles Among Worst Doctor Shortage in USA
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:01 PM :: 1610 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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... a recent national study of 3,000 counties in America found the Big Island has the third-worst shortage of healthcare providers in primary care, Maui has the fifth-worst shortage of healthcare providers in America, and Kauai has the 13th worst shortage ....
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Thursday, December 29, 2022 |
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Hawaii: Long, expensive road for government permission to work
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 2098 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Small Business
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... spend nearly three times as long on educational requirements and be faced with shelling out twice as much in associated fees ....
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Sunday, December 25, 2022 |
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Emergency Rule Extends Licensure Waiver for Nurses to Temporarily Practice in Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:00 PM :: 1756 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... The emergency rule is effective for 120 days (eff. 12/5/2022 – 4/4/2023) ....
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Saturday, December 17, 2022 |
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Report: Hawaii among five healthiest states
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 1717 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... The healthiest states were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut and Hawaii ....
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Tuesday, November 22, 2022 |
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Thursday, November 17, 2022 |
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Hawaii Short 3,873 Healthcare Professionals
By News Release @ 7:58 PM :: 1813 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... The state’s need for healthcare professionals has grown 76 percent – from 2,200 job openings in 2019 to 3,873 openings today ....
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Thursday, November 10, 2022 |
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Why is there a doctor shortage in Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:55 PM :: 2681 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... The state is short more than 1,000 doctors, which means some patients cannot get care, and the ones who do have to wait a long time. ...
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Thursday, November 10, 2022 |
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus and influenza are increasing in Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:20 PM :: 1908 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... RSV is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms ....
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Tuesday, November 8, 2022 |
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75% of Hawaii Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closing
By News Release @ 7:41 PM :: 2504 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Hawaii has the highest percentage of at-risk rural hospitals in USA ...
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Saturday, November 5, 2022 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court: Hawaii MDs Eligible for Enhanced Medicaid Payments
By Andrew Walden @ 9:00 PM :: 2528 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care
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... the Hawaii Department of Human Services spent seven years litigating against an honest doctor in Hilo. They lost ....
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022 |
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Community health workers don’t need licensing, auditor says; is Legislature listening?
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:17 PM :: 1722 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... A proposed certification scheme for community health workers would burden the workers and raise prices for everyone, according to a new report by Hawaii Office of the State Auditor ....
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Thursday, October 27, 2022 |
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Defamation trial begins in pregnancy porn promotion case
By Court House News @ 5:40 AM :: 1701 Views :: Health Care
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... Doula defendants take the stand against a fellow birth worker they accused of enticing women into creating maternity and breastfeeding porn ....
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Tuesday, October 25, 2022 |
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GE Tax Takes $200M Bite out of Health Care
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:02 PM :: 1665 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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“If we exempted medical care from the general excise tax it would save doctors and patients more than $200 million [a year]. And that would help keep doctors in our state, rather than having to flee the state to earn money elsewhere...."
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Saturday, October 22, 2022 |
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Front Page News: Petition to End GE Tax on Medical Care
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:51 PM :: 1765 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... the petition, which can be viewed here, calls on lawmakers to exempt medical services from the state’s general excise tax ....
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 |
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'Creating safe spaces for LGBTQ' -- DoE Signs Statewide K-12 Mental Tele-Health Contract
By News Release @ 4:41 AM :: 2292 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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"... LGBTQ+ students should have equitable access to confidential healthcare ...."
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022 |
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Video clip on Hawaii doctor shortage goes viral
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:15 AM :: 2177 Views :: Kauai County, Health Care
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... In just two days, 48 seconds of PA James Winkler talking about the lack of doctors on Kauai has logged almost 610,000 views ....
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