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Friday, March 14, 2014 |
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Obamacare in Hawaii: Fixing What Wasn’t Broken
By Selected News Articles @ 6:09 AM :: 4839 Views :: Health Care
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In Hawaii, Obamacare has disrupted a health-coverage system that had seen 98 percent of the population insured before the recession....
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Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
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Waitlist Patients Burden Hawaii Hospitals
By News Release @ 1:55 PM :: 4920 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Hawaii's waitlisted patients—that is, those remaining in a hospital after the need for acute care ceases—account for an annual loss of $62.7 million....
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Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
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Delaying Obamacare's Individual Mandate Due to 'Hardship' -- Caused by Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:53 PM :: 3153 Views :: Health Care
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It’s getting difficult to take any part of Obamacare seriously....
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
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The Obama Administration's About-Face on Medicare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:52 PM :: 2945 Views :: Health Care
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The administration had proposed new rules for seniors’ prescription drug plans in Medicare Part D....
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
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With Asset Test Gone, Thousands Pile into Hawaii Medicaid
By News Release @ 3:14 PM :: 5144 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Since October 1, 69,041 people have been found eligible for Medicaid in Hawaii. 3,249 are eligible for CHIP. Another 24,583 were deemed ineligible....
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
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HI lawmakers want private providers to subsidize Obamacare exchange
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:28 PM :: 3902 Views :: Health Care
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Lawmakers scrambling to keep the Hawaii Health Connector solvent are proposing a fee for private insurers who decline to take part in the local Obamacare exchange....
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Friday, March 7, 2014 |
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Two Quotes That Show the Absurdity of Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:39 PM :: 3733 Views :: Health Care
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You just don’t understand how much better Obamacare is going to make your life; you’re afraid of change. It’s okay, he wants you to know; he understands....
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Thursday, March 6, 2014 |
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Hawaii Obamacare Medicaid Applications–Even Less Than The Few
By Andrew Walden @ 2:43 AM :: 3644 Views :: Health Care
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The post-Obamacare increase averages out to an additional 1,174 persons applying for Medicaid each month since October 1....
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014 |
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Hawaii urges residents to ‘tell a friend’ about Obamacare
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:37 PM :: 3348 Views :: Health Care
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The Hawaii Health Connector, the local Obamacare exchange, has a new campaign to boost enrollment — “Tell a friend.”....
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014 |
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'Sovereign Council' Scores $675K to Sell Obamacare
By News Release @ 4:18 AM :: 5419 Views :: DHHL, Health Care
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The Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly (SCHHA) signed a $675,000 agreement today with the Hawaiʻi Health Connector to serve as a marketplace assister organization....
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Monday, March 3, 2014 |
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Who Needs Health Connector? Feds Already Had Website offering Hawaii Insurance Policies
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 5097 Views :: Health Care
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"In general, consumers had substantially more policies to choose from on private websites such as eHealthinsurance.com and Finder.healthcare.gov than they presently have on the exchanges."
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Monday, March 3, 2014 |
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New Obamacare Tax Will add $300 to Insurance Premiums
By NCPA @ 2:09 PM :: 3216 Views :: Health Care
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Starting this year, ObamaCare's "annual fee" tax will be passed on to consumers in the form of higher premiums....
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Friday, February 28, 2014 |
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Residents in States With Troubled Exchanges Can Still Get Subsidies
By Selected News Articles @ 12:42 PM :: 4657 Views :: Health Care
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...up until Thursday, the subsidies were only available to consumers who purchased health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's exchanges....
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Friday, February 28, 2014 |
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Grim scenario for Hawaii's Obamacare plan: The numbers don't add up
By Selected News Articles @ 12:43 AM :: 4064 Views :: Health Care
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With anemic enrollment by individuals and little interest among small-business employers, the state’s nonprofit exchange -- known as the Hawaii Health Connector -- is unlikely to have enough money to pay its bills....
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Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
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As Health Exchange Implodes, Abercrombie Releases ‘Transformation Plan’
By News Release @ 10:50 PM :: 4320 Views :: Health Care
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Abercrombie said: “This healthcare transformation plan outlines clear, tangible steps we can take to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care in Hawaii.”
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Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
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Matsuda: Fate of Prepaid Health Care Act Depends on Hawaii Health Connector
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 5329 Views :: Health Care
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...Continuing the Connector as a state-based marketplace (SBM) is necessary in order to preserve the Prepaid Healthcare Act....
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Aloha Obamacare Wipeout
By Video @ 1:42 PM :: 5270 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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"Aloha!" highlights the ways in which Obamacare is harming American families....
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
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LA Times: Hawaii Health Connector Refused to Cough up Secret Budget
By Selected News Articles @ 12:24 AM :: 4808 Views :: Health Care
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Hawaii Health Connector had refused even to allow the state auditor to conduct a review required under state law....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
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Obamacare's Dumping Ground
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:11 AM :: 4554 Views :: Health Care
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If President Obama—or anyone else—is expecting that Medicaid will be Obamacare’s salvation, look elsewhere....
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Friday, February 21, 2014 |
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More Doctors Becoming Employees
By NCPA @ 2:43 PM :: 3333 Views :: Health Care
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An increasing number of doctors are moving to salaried hospital jobs, says the New York Times....
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
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Is your baby carrying excess fat? Hawaii wants to know
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:26 PM :: 5064 Views :: Family, Health Care
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Hawaii’s children may be adored by their parents, but all Hawaii government sees is their “body fat”....
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
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SB2147: Silver Alert
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 1:13 AM :: 4999 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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Modeled after the Maile Amber Alert, the Silver Alert uses the same voluntary partnership between local broadcasters, civil defense, police departments, and other state agencies....
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
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"Is there a way to allow a person to end his life without making someone else a criminal?"
By Selected News Articles @ 12:58 AM :: 4945 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...A (mainland) legislator considering an assisted suicide law asked me this question: "Is there a way to allow a person to end his life without making someone else a criminal?"....
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014 |
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She Dreamed Obamacare Was Harmless
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:24 PM :: 4221 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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Shhh…keep quiet, or you’ll wake Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014 |
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Report: Hawaii ranks worst for Obamacare signups
By Malia Zimmerman @ 1:03 PM :: 5169 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Just 3,614 people enrolled in the state’s exchange, but the report does not disclose how many of those who registered also paid for their health care policies....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014 |
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Hawaii Among 10 Least Expensive Insurance Markets
By Selected News Articles @ 2:53 AM :: 3599 Views :: Health Care
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This ranking is based on the lowest cost of a “silver” plan....
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Saturday, February 15, 2014 |
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ObamaCare: Taxpayers Spend $56,819 To Sign Up Each Person In Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:06 PM :: 5092 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The Obama administration gave Hawaii $205 million in grants over the past three years to set up its state-run exchange....
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
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The Real Reason Health Spending Has Slowed
By NCPA @ 1:42 PM :: 3236 Views :: Health Care
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President Obama tells us that "health care costs are growing at the slowest rate in 50 years."....
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
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How Shifting to Electronic Records Has Endangered Patient Privacy
By NCPA @ 12:38 PM :: 3402 Views :: Health Care
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Policymakers should adopt privacy measures to protect patients from potential problems with electronic health records....
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 |
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Obamacare Is So Great, We Just Can't Wait for You to… Oh.
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:21 AM :: 3295 Views :: Health Care
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Hurting workers doesn’t play well in an election year.....
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Monday, February 10, 2014 |
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Senator Sam Slom Appointed to Special Investigative Committee
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 4653 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...examining allegations of administrative abuses and an ongoing failure to provide a safe work environment at the Hawaii State Hospital....
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Monday, February 10, 2014 |
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HIT Apologia
By NCPA @ 2:43 PM :: 3680 Views :: Health Care
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It doesn’t take long to figure out that people haven’t learned a blessed thing from flushing $20 billion down the toilet....
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Friday, February 7, 2014 |
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Another $19.1M CIP for HHSC Hospitals
By News Release @ 3:30 PM :: 3661 Views :: Health Care
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...replacements, renovations and upgrades to our aging infrastructure at several state hospital facilities....
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Thursday, February 6, 2014 |
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Epic Fail: Where Four State Health Exchanges Went Wrong
By Selected News Articles @ 9:50 PM :: 4010 Views :: Health Care
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"Last month, the Republican National Committee filed public-records requests in Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Oregon seeking information about compensation and vacation time for the exchange directors, four of whom have resigned."
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Thursday, February 6, 2014 |
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HI lawmakers: Obamacare exchange failures warrant state takeover
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:07 PM :: 3568 Views :: Health Care
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Several House Democrats want the state to take over the Hawaii Health Connector, set up last year as a private, nonprofit....
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014 |
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Explosive Report: How Obamacare Will Drive People Out of the Workforce
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:05 PM :: 4734 Views :: National News, Health Care
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...the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a new estimate: Obamacare will cause the equivalent of 2.3 million people to stop working.....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 |
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Taxpayers Covering Insurance Companies' Losses
By NCPA @ 7:31 PM :: 4653 Views :: National News, Health Care
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The federal government will reimburse insurers for 50 percent of any losses through the "risk corridors" in the Affordable Care Act....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 |
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"I Don't Know How President Obama Thinks That He's Helping Us"
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:11 PM :: 4728 Views :: National News, Health Care
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“Was it the biggest mistake of your presidency to tell the nation over and over, ‘If you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance’?”
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Monday, February 3, 2014 |
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Lagging Health Connector Launches New Ad Buy
By News Release @ 7:36 PM :: 3464 Views :: Health Care
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New advertisements, online tools and events have been designed to encourage uninsured residents to set appointments....
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Monday, February 3, 2014 |
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HI lawmaker renews fight to end or revise controversial sex ed program
By Malia Zimmerman @ 7:16 PM :: 7543 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment, Health Care
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...McDermott, who enrolled his eight children in Hawaii’s public schools, doesn’t want his 11-year-old son exposed to a controversial taxpayer-funded sex education program....
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Sunday, February 2, 2014 |
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LIUNA, UniteHere 'Bitterly Disappointed' With Obamacare
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 5164 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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The law imposes new costs and mandates on employer sponsors of health and welfare trust funds, but leaves irresponsible companies free of any obligation to contribute towards their employees' health insurance....
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Saturday, February 1, 2014 |
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Feb 4-5: Pono Choices or Poor Choices?
By Hawaii Family Advocates @ 9:11 PM :: 8593 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment, Health Care
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Board of Education (BOE) Hearing Tuesday, Feb 4th, 2014, 1:30 PM....
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Friday, January 31, 2014 |
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Hawaii AG: Trans-Pac Partnership Endangers State Tobacco Revenues
By News Release @ 1:51 PM :: 5471 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes
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Attorney General David M. Louie joined 46 fellow state and territorial attorneys general in signing a letter sent to the U.S. Trade Representative....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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When Government Keeps Teens from Seeing the Therapist
By Selected News Articles @ 10:26 PM :: 7580 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care
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NOTE: Hawaii HB1789 is a Therapy Ban modeled on the laws discussed in this article....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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Roosevelt HS Shooting: Failure of Mental Health Care System
By News Release @ 12:41 PM :: 10688 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Justice Reinvestment
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...the suspect's mother describes the revolving door of mental health facilities and half-way houses through which her son has passed in the last year....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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Six House Bills Address Failed Health Connector
By News Release @ 12:45 AM :: 4154 Views :: Health Care
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...a package of bills intended to help the Hawaii Health Connector improve transparency and reliability and ensure the agencies financial stability....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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New Rules to Deprive Seniors of Drugs, Doctors
By NCPA @ 4:12 PM :: 3533 Views :: Health Care
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CMS plans to save $144 million a year with these measures between 2015 and 2019....
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Friday, January 24, 2014 |
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Report: Hawaii Highway Safety Among Best in Nation
By News Release @ 10:28 AM :: 4488 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Annual Economic Cost Due to Motor Vehicle Crashes in Hawaii: $655 Million....
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Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
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Tobacco Control? Hawaii Scores 'A' for Taxes and Regulation, 'D' for Prevention
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 5515 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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Beginning in fiscal year 2015, the distribution of tobacco settlement funds for tobacco prevention and control will return to 6.5 percent after being redirected into the general fund to offset budget deficits for the past several years....
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