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Tuesday, January 21, 2014 |
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Pono Choices Coming to Every Middle School Next Semester
By Selected News Articles @ 8:18 PM :: 6824 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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Pono Choices offers little to no information on sexual harassment, Sexually Transmitted Infections, their symptoms and consequences or single parenthood....
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Saturday, January 18, 2014 |
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Hawaii: The Laughing Stock of Obamacare
By Selected News Articles @ 3:24 AM :: 7173 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...we have a handful of states that can only be described as the laughing stocks of Obamacare....
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Saturday, January 18, 2014 |
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Audit: Hawaii Medicaid Loses $67M/yr Due to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 9675 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Recipients are automatically renewed for another year if they don't respond to the annual query....
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Friday, January 17, 2014 |
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AARP Urges Passage of Caregiver Support Legislation
By News Release @ 11:13 PM :: 3765 Views :: Health Care
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AARP Hawaii will ask lawmakers to support a bill requiring hospitals to formally acknowledge a patient’s family caregiver at the time of admission ....
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Friday, January 17, 2014 |
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Feds Compare Quality of Care at 17 Hawaii Hospitals
By News Release @ 4:12 PM :: 5397 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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You can use Hospital Compare to find hospitals and compare the quality of their care....
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Friday, January 17, 2014 |
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OMB: $101B Spent on Incorrect Federal Payments Each Year
By NCPA @ 2:34 PM :: 4965 Views :: National News, Health Care
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paid $33.2 billion as a result of fraud or mistake....
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Friday, January 17, 2014 |
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State CON Laws Drive up Health Care Costs
By NCPA @ 1:53 PM :: 4109 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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Thirty-six states (including Hawaii) require that health care providers seeking to offer or expand their services obtain what are known as Certificates of Need (CON)....
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Thursday, January 16, 2014 |
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Hawaii Scores ‘F’, Lacks Access to Emergency Care and Disaster Preparedness
By News Release @ 1:00 PM :: 5371 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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“Hawaii’s gaps in hospital and treatment facility capacity lead to overcrowding, long wait times and an inability to respond to disasters,” said Dr. Ishida....
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
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WellCare's 'Ohana Health Plan Selected To Provide Managed Care Services Across Hawaii Under QUEST Integration
By News Release @ 11:54 AM :: 3115 Views :: Health Care
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Approximately 300,000 beneficiaries are currently receiving services through the QUEST Integration program. ‘Ohana is one of five health plans selected to receive an award....
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
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Bureaucracy, high prices, keep local business from into buying Obamacare
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:25 PM :: 4980 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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Of Hawaii’s 30,000 small businesses, 296 registered for insurance through the Hawaii Health Connector by the Dec. 25 deadline....
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
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The 2014 ObamaCare Tax Wave
By NCPA @ 1:42 PM :: 3998 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...the HIT would increase health insurance premiums by more than $2,800 per person and $6,800 per family over a decade....
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Monday, January 13, 2014 |
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Mainland Group Criticizes Lack of Hawaiian Population Control
By News Release @ 7:13 PM :: 6008 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The Population Institute today released its second annual report card ....
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Monday, January 13, 2014 |
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Share One of These to Let the President Know You Haven't Forgotten
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:31 PM :: 3309 Views :: Health Care
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In 2009, President Obama threatened those who criticized Obamacare: “If you misrepresent what’s in this plan, we will call you out.”
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Friday, January 10, 2014 |
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Walmart Health Plan Better Than ObamaCare
By NCPA @ 9:26 AM :: 3061 Views :: Health Care
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...a family of four could pay a $962 premium under ObamaCare but only a $160 premium under the Walmart plan....
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Thursday, January 9, 2014 |
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Pono Choices not medically accurate, age appropriate, or complete on STD risks
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 8:08 PM :: 9334 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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After weeks of bureaucratic run-around McDermott finally received a copy of the requested materials....
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014 |
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Finley Boyle Tragedy Exposes Danger of Primary Care Dentists Operating as Pediatric Dental Specialists
By News Release @ 1:06 PM :: 7408 Views :: Health Care
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"The Hawaii Board of Dental Examiners shares in the responsibility for allowing a PCD to deceive the public into believing she is a Dental Specialist."
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014 |
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DoH to Take Oversight of Home and Community-Based Facilities?
By News Release @ 10:24 PM :: 3481 Views :: Health Care
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- DATE: Monday, January 13, 2014
- TIME: 2:00 pm
- PLACE: Conference Room 329, State Capitol
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014 |
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2014: Obamacare Puts Down Roots for the Long Haul
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:42 AM :: 3195 Views :: Health Care
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Obamacare creates a new entitlement program while expanding another.....
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Monday, January 6, 2014 |
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Kaiser: 57% of Hawaii Uninsured Eligible for Medicaid
By Selected News Articles @ 7:46 PM :: 5540 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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nearly three-quarters (74%) of uninsured nonelderly people in the state are eligible for financial assistance to gain coverage through either Medicaid or the Marketplaces....
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Monday, January 6, 2014 |
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Hawaii GOP refuses request to recruit for Obamacare exchange
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:21 PM :: 4032 Views :: Health Care
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Meanwhile, Hawaii’s Democrat lawmakers are also criticizing the exchange....
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Monday, January 6, 2014 |
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WSJ: Medicaid Expansion Drives up Visits to Emergency Room
By NCPA @ 2:26 PM :: 2920 Views :: Health Care
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A group of 10,000 low-income Oregon residents who recently obtained Medicaid coverage visited ERs 40 percent more often....
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Saturday, January 4, 2014 |
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Hawaii Health Connector Finds One Success Story
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 3413 Views :: Health Care
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...the benefits in her new plan are better than her previous plan and cost about $30 a month less....
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Friday, January 3, 2014 |
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HI Health Connector Solicits GOP Help in Boosting Enrollments
By News Release @ 3:19 PM :: 4033 Views :: Health Care
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Below is the response of the HRP Executive Director, Kayla Berube, to the HI Health Connector's request for GOP help in boosting enrollment numbers....
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Friday, January 3, 2014 |
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Meet the Humble Nuns Who Just Shook Up the Obama Administration
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:51 AM :: 6199 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Religion
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The Little Sisters take care of more than 13,000 poor men and women around the world who are elderly....
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 |
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 |
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2013 a bad year for Obamacare abortion pill mandate
By News Release @ 1:45 PM :: 5605 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Life
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Alliance Defending Freedom and its allied attorneys are currently winning their cases by a wide margin, with court orders going 15-1 against the mandate....
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 |
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More New Taxes and Fees: How You’ll Pay for Obamacare in 2014
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:04 PM :: 3860 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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This is only the beginning—watch how two of these taxes get worse in the years to come....
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014 |
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Happy New Year from HMSA: Premium now $1742.50 per Family
By Andrew Walden @ 8:23 PM :: 6437 Views :: Health Care
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...premium payers will get a new round of cancellation letters starting this September, just in time for the elections....
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013 |
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Informational Briefing on Violence at State Hospital
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 5092 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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- DATE: Tuesday, January 07, 2014
- TIME: 10 a.m.
- PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol
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Monday, December 30, 2013 |
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Report: Obamacare Gives Hawaii More Cash, Less Benefit
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 5517 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...who stands to benefit most and least as a result of its implementation....
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Monday, December 30, 2013 |
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Auditor Looks at Workers Comp Medical Fee Review Process
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 5198 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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While expenses have been slowly increasing for health care providers, legislated payment updates have remained flat since 2011....
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Friday, December 27, 2013 |
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Hawaii Next? States Halting Payment to CGI over Obamacare Debacle
By Selected News Articles @ 10:16 PM :: 5164 Views :: Health Care
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Vermont is trying to get a refund of hundreds of thousands of dollars and has refused to pay $5.1 million of its contract with the company....
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Friday, December 27, 2013 |
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Health Connector: Our Miserable Failure is Positive Momentum
By News Release @ 4:40 PM :: 3947 Views :: Health Care
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For those that made a good-faith effort to complete an application but are unsure of the application status, we encourage those consumers to call our Customer Support Center....
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Thursday, December 26, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Releases $21.7M CIP for HHSC, Mostly for EHRs
By News Release @ 11:53 PM :: 3984 Views :: Health Care
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$14,321,000 – Information/Electronic Medical Record (EMR) System, statewide....
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Thursday, December 26, 2013 |
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Think your state has Obamacare problems? They’re nothing compared to Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 11:01 PM :: 4443 Views :: Health Care
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Beginning Jan. 1, regulators expect it will be literally impossible for an individual to buy a new policy in the Northern Mariana Islands, and difficult in other territories....
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Thursday, December 26, 2013 |
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E.R. Costs for Mentally Ill Soar, and Hospitals Seek Better Way
By Selected News Articles @ 12:45 PM :: 4063 Views :: Health Care
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In the past, paramedics would have taken the man to the closest hospital emergency room.... But instead, under a pilot program, paramedics ushered him through the doors of Holly Hill Hospital, a commercial psychiatric facility....
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013 |
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Gary Gill Appointed Temporary Health Dep’t Director
By News Release @ 6:49 PM :: 5149 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...the Governor has until Feb. 9, 2014, to name a permanent director....
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Monday, December 23, 2013 |
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Hawaii Health Connector: One More Day to Get Obamacare
By News Release @ 9:03 PM :: 4112 Views :: Health Care
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Hawai'i Health Connector is extending its enrollment deadline from December 23 to tomorrow, December 24, in line with a federal announcement earlier today....
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Monday, December 23, 2013 |
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This Is Exactly What Health Care Reform Is Supposed to Do
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:20 PM :: 3519 Views :: Health Care
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Medicaid wasn’t working for Moise....
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Sunday, December 22, 2013 |
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Hawaii Scores 60% on Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 3450 Views :: Health Care
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the nation's ability to prevent and control infectious disease outbreaks is hampered by outdated systems and limited resources....
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Friday, December 20, 2013 |
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Hawaii Obamacare exchange not fiscally sustainable, lawmakers told
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:37 PM :: 4207 Views :: Health Care
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...the exchange will be expected to fund its $10 million to $14 million in annual operations through fees on local insurance companies....
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Friday, December 20, 2013 |
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Medicaid Is No Obamacare Success Story, Mr. President
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:06 PM :: 3271 Views :: Health Care
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Most of the people applying for Obamacare are being funneled into Medicaid....
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Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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ObamaCare's Troubles Are Only Beginning
By NCPA @ 12:52 PM :: 3137 Views :: Health Care
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ObamaCare is only going to get worse....
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Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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Top 10 Broken Obamacare Promises
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:41 AM :: 2992 Views :: Health Care
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As Obama so ironically threatened in 2009, “If you misrepresent what’s in this plan, we will call you out.” To that end, here are 10 promises of Obamacare that have already been broken....
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
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Hawaiian Pacific Health Survey will Sample 4,000 Households
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 5497 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Higher Education
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U.S. government that it is taking steps to improve the collection of health data for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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City Ambulance Contractor Turns Down 30-40% of Calls in Leeward Oahu
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 5:15 PM :: 5321 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care
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"Turning down 30-40% of requested calls puts our residents at a greater risk of death or prolonged injury and is unacceptable,” said Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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As Hundreds of Hawaii Doctors Threaten to Quit, Obama Administration Delays EHR
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 5231 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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CMS recently announced that it will extend the federal programs to encourage physicians and hospitals to adopt electronic health records ....
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Monday, December 16, 2013 |
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Secret Obamacare handbook the feds don’t want you to see is online
By Selected News Articles @ 3:53 PM :: 3613 Views :: Health Care
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The 217-page manual reads like a primer for Amway....
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Monday, December 16, 2013 |
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How to Help Uninsured Americans
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:43 PM :: 3033 Views :: Health Care
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Two of the problems Obamacare promised to solve were getting coverage for people with pre-existing conditions and helping the uninsured get coverage....
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Saturday, December 14, 2013 |
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Feds: Hawaii Health Connector Sign-up Count Inflated
By Andrew Walden @ 7:51 PM :: 4067 Views :: Health Care
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...the “Number of Individuals Who Have Selected a Marketplace Plan” is “pre-effectuated” -- including individuals who have not made any premium payments....
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